With millions of dog owners around the country you’d think that raising a pet is common sense. Humans have great difficulty understanding dog behavior and find themselves making 5 critical mistakes that have colossal side effects. Unfortunately, do to this misunderstanding we tend to find ourselves rewarding unwanted behaviors. People treat their pets like children, yelling their names when they misbehave and feed them industrial waste due to low cost and ignorance of potential health complications down the road. These 5 mistakes have dreadful outcomes in the later years and will drastically affect the relationship. Health is extremely important to ensure that your pet lives a long and active life. We create unwanted behaviors without realizing it to later put the blame on the breed or personality of the animal.
If you understand how dogs learn, it gives you the ability to teach them how to fit harmoniously into your life. A dog learns from the consequences of his actions. Whether the action pays off for the dog or whether it doesn’t, something will still be learned. This education will occur regardless of our involvement! Like humans they learn from experiences. If you were getting yelled at by a gentleman speaking in a different language you would not understand the content of his speech, but had the idea that he was upset. There is a massive language and culture barrier between you and the dog. Simple overlooked things can be significant to your dog.
It may be difficult to view the world through a dog’s eyes. They see the world with their noses first as we do with our eyes. Developing a deep understanding of dog behavior can truly transform your relationship and maximize training results. Always love your pet and understand that they have needs too. They suffer from health and emotional problems due to ignorant decisions by their owners.
