Dog Training Tips: Make Your Dog Understand You
When you find your dog has possessive behavior
, do you know how to deal with? A few tips below will help you to find out how to work with your puppy or dog to prevent issues with possessiveness from developing. Its much easier to prevent a problem than correct a problem!You should keep one thing in your mind that you are in charge of everything, not your dog. You should set up a set of rules for your dog to tell what he/her can do and cant do. My dog understands that something in his mouth doesnt mean it is out of my control or any other people. I can take anything away from him at any time and I often do. The purpose I do this is to prove my point. I also give things back to him as a reward or I trade him for something even better! He works for his food, works for my attention and works for playtime.
Do you have a try to take your dogs food away when he is eating? You let him wait a few minutes and you dont give back the food and until you tell him OK. The purpose you do this is to train your dog to know a point. You can not only give him anything but also take them away at any time. If necessary, step over the bowl and move into your dogs space the way a dominant dog would do. With toys, it is the same concept. You own the toys. You can take them away at any time, and you should. Dont allow the dog to get toys out of your hand until you say its OK. At feeding time, I always require that my dog gives me about five feet of space before I allow him to approach his bowl. Just because I set the bowl on the ground does not give him permission to come running up and grabbing it. He has to wait. I wish I could teach my cat the same!
Train your dog to know you can bring him benefits such as better toys and great treats. When hes chewing on a bone, randomly come up to him and sprinkle liver treats or other goodies around him. When your dog has a toy, offer him something even better. Drop random pieces of chicken in your dogs bowl while he is eating so he learns that good things happen when you approach his bowl.
Train your dog to follow your order not to touch anything that you dont want him do. No matter what you want your dog to learn; rewarding him when he follows your order is the most effective way. Teach him to understand your orders. Since my dog loves tennis balls, Ill put a ball on the ground and say leave it. When Im ready for him to pick up the ball I say OK! You could also say Take it! My dog now understands that leave it can be transferred to anything such as food or even nasty things he finds out in the yard.
When you find he/she is extremely possessive, it is more difficult to correct him/her than train beforehand. Establish a set of behavior rules for your dog and you can have everything under your control. I also want to point out that a dog can be obsessive without being possessive, but neither behavior should be encouraged. My dog is extremely fascinated with retrieving and will bring a ball to someone over and over, but he has no problem allowing any person or dog to take the ball right out of his mouth.
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