Happy and Natural dogs – Ongelmakoirakouluttaja https://happyandnaturaldogs.com/en/ Happy and Natural dogs - Training and problem solving in a stressless way Mon, 13 May 2013 09:07:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://happyandnaturaldogs.com/wp-content/uploads/favicon-1.jpg Happy and Natural dogs – Ongelmakoirakouluttaja https://happyandnaturaldogs.com/en/ 32 32 Socializing a dog https://happyandnaturaldogs.com/en/socializing-a-dog/ Mon, 13 May 2013 09:07:23 +0000 https://happyandnaturaldogs.com/socializing-a-dog/ Puppies should be let to stay with their mothers and siblings for at least 2 months, ideally 3 months. If they are in a good home with a good mother and with people that socialize with them, also letting some visitors see and handle the puppies, the puppies will automatically be well prepared to meet […]

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]]> Puppies should be let to stay with their mothers and siblings for at least 2 months, ideally 3 months. If they are in a good home with a good mother and with people that socialize with them, also letting some visitors see and handle the puppies, the puppies will automatically be well prepared to meet the world.

Puppies will not have problems with meeting other dogs. The new owners of the puppies should take the puppies to meet and see all kinds of people, places and other animals little by little. The owner should be like a loving companion and never punish, force, or scare the puppy. Puppies will learn everything, but easy does it. They should be let to meet many other dogs off the lead when possible.

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]]> How your behaviour affects your dog, and the other dog passing by on the street ? https://happyandnaturaldogs.com/en/how-your-behaviour-affects-your-dog-and-the-other-dog-passing-by-on-the-street/ Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:51:50 +0000 https://happyandnaturaldogs.com/how-your-behaviour-affects-your-dog-and-the-other-dog-passing-by-on-the-street/ Dogs will naturally want to meet other dogs. And they should be let to do so often. However, we can’t always let them and many dogs seem to have problems meeting other dogs on the street. Why? Normally it’s because people have unintentionally taught them to behave badly on the lead. Dogs naturally slow down […]

Artikkeli How your behaviour affects your dog, and the other dog passing by on the street ? julkaistiin ensimmäisen kerran Happy and Natural dogs - Ongelmakoirakouluttaja.

]]> Dogs will naturally want to meet other dogs. And they should be let to do so often. However, we can’t always let them and many dogs seem to have problems meeting other dogs on the street. Why? Normally it’s because people have unintentionally taught them to behave badly on the lead.

Dogs naturally slow down a little or even stop when seeing another dog. They do not want to walk straight to meet the other one but to do a little curve before the close encounter. Meanwhile they display so called calming signals to each other. So, the problem lies here. When people are strictly holding the other end of the lead dogs are not able to display these beneficial signals. It’s the behaviour of the people that bring many misunderstandings between the dogs and leads to displays of aggression. And people seem to be afraid of these displays of aggression. Although most dogs are not “aggressive” they simply pose as such, and only for a few seconds. We will make it easier for our dogs (and ourselves) if we let our dogs display calming signals, e.g. there should be no pulling or forcing on our end of the lead. If we live in the city and can’t and don’t want to meet every single dog passing by we only need to teach our dogs that it is nothing special that other dogs pass by and that’s it. It should be a positive thing.

We need to practice to get the attention of our dog and do this in a positive way. But we should not demand our dog not to notice other dogs. If we let our dogs slow down, do a slight curve and don’t pull their leads our dogs will be calmer. And so will be the other dog passing by. If our dog is very eager to meet other dogs and we do not want to let him, we can teach him for example to sit and wait for the other dog to pass. If we give our dogs space without forcing them by pulling they will be calmer.

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]]> Stress in dogs https://happyandnaturaldogs.com/en/stress-in-dogs/ Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:23:06 +0000 https://happyandnaturaldogs.com/stress-in-dogs/ Stress in dogs, as in us, releases stress hormones in the brain. The effect of this is simply that if any learning can happen, it happens much slower. But the dog is more likely to learn wrong things, such as fear of the situation, or something related to the situation, fear of the person, children […]

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]]> Stress in dogs, as in us, releases stress hormones in the brain. The effect of this is simply that if any learning can happen, it happens much slower. But the dog is more likely to learn wrong things, such as fear of the situation, or something related to the situation, fear of the person, children or another dog passing by.

There is always some stress in life, but living with dogs, coping with problematic dogs, and training dogs we should be aware of how to keep any stress as low as possible and how to use the natural behaviour of dogs to our advantage in doing this. Also in co-operation with dogs we should know how to get away from stressful situations quickly and calmly – without adding to the stress. It is important that dogs know how to relax and take it easy, even on a busy street (if they live in the city).

This is more beneficial than some tricks. A dog that can relax will live a healthier and longer life.

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