Labrador Puppy Training: Disleasing Dog Behavior

How about every time your dog steps on your feet?

Don抰 you think your dog knows where each of his feet are, and where they belong?

Or, how about his tail? Does he accidentally smack you as he goes by?

Maybe he clears your coffee table as he moves past?

Certainly, you can抰 expect your dog to understand that this long, unwieldy appendage can rearrange your knick-knacks or whatever.

揗aybe it抯 best to keep him out of those areas. Besides, he抯 like a bull in a china shop.

?We don抰 need to put up with these sorts of 搖navoidable?impositions on our lives or property.

揃ut, surely there抯 no way to correct such innocent impositions? *

If you believe that, then you抳e wasted your time reading this manual.

Either start over again, or reexamine your thinking.

Let抯 look at how you might remedy these situations.

Remember, your dog is going to model your behavior and act in kind. You set the standard for good behaviors by demonstration.

Every puppy goes through a mouthing stage.

It抯 usually out grown by the end of teething.

That means he needs to chew something to cut new teeth. Provide appropriate items to be chewed.

Everything else is not to be touched.

Establish appropriate mouth behavior right from first contact.

There抯 no excuse for being abused by your dogs teeth until he抯 finished teething.

There抯 no such thing as being too young to learn any behavior, within the physical limits of his body. His brain is ready to be programmed to learn everything he will ever need to know by the age of 18 days old.

Training your dog is not much different than creating a filing system.

Just as you address each page that appears on your screen, each behavior your dog performs should be dealt with before moving on to something else.

Of course, if you are not prepared to cope with a behavior because of, perhaps time restrictions, make note of that behavior and set and appointed time to re create the situation and address it totally.

The first instance your dog puts his mouth on you is to be regarded as an issue. Each time you permit any inappropriate behavior to continue without being address, you are setting the precedent for more of the same behavior. *