Dog Obedience and Owner training Part 2

Ok so i said i would continue tommorow and that was a week ago!!

So it should now be clear that the relationship between dog and owner depends on the owner being a figure of authority, to use a not very popular word, a dictator.

So here's a few tips to get general obedience improved.
When you and your dog go through the front door you go first the dog follows, it should always follow whether you're leaving the car or entering the house, its alpha behaviour.
You're the stronger, you're in charge so you go first, always!

At home set areas where the dog is not allowed, the more the better, its your house and the dog is priveleged to live there. Its also a good idea to have times when the dog cannot enter at all, wandering around the yard or garden certainly wont do him any harm.

Don't eat with the dog, i don't mean don't share his bowl, I mean don't eat at the same time. Make him wait a while, you decide when he eats and make him sit for it rather than just letting him dive in as soon as the bowl hits the floor. When you can put food on the floor and the dog will wait to be told he can eat you know you're getting there!

After a hard day at work and you walk into the house don't greet the dog first infact until you are settled don't greet the dog at all.

Playtime starts by you not by him, ignore his nudging and licking, he musn't be allowed to initiate the proceedings because he is not in charge. You can form a great bond with your dog through play but on your terms and in your time when youi want it.

So there are a few pointers for an already disobedient mut next week i will look at a training program for your dog.