Discover How to Become the Alpha Dog

Do you have a dog with the personality of a little napoleon and aggressive and stubborn tendencies? Not cute anymore since he's not a puppy anymore? Your probably not going to believe this,but the reason why your dog acts that why is because you haven't established alpha dog status. Does you dog snarl and growl at you when he doesn't get his way?

This is a serious problem.When the dog doesn't know who the "alpha" dog is in the house, there are going to be behavior problems. Your dog needs to learn who the alpha dog is in the house and that's it's not him.

Dog are very social creatures. Dogs are also pack animals. In each pack there is 1 dog considered as the leader. This is called the alpha dog. When you take your dog home, it is very important that your dog understands that you are the alpha leader. When your dog learn that you are the leader, your dog will learn to respect you and become a very obedient dog.

Become an alpha dog does not mean you have to be aggressive and intimidating. It's controlling your dog activities is what going to get the alpha status.

Check out these 4 ways you can become the alpha dog.

Control Your Dog's Games
When you play with your dog, make sure that you always win the game. This mean winning the tug of war game. Avoid letting your dog taking the ball away or pulling the toy from you. Some dogs love to play keep away with objects.

Control Feeding Times
Don't let your dog eat whenever he wants. Control the time of the day he eats. Make sure he sits still before you give him his food. This will remind your dog that your are the hand that feeds him and is the alpha dog.

Control Where Your Dog Sleeps
Do control the area where your dog sleeps. Don't let your dog sleep with you on the bed. Make sure your dog understands that you can tell him to get off anytime you want because you are the alpha dog.

Control When You Give Attention
Some dog owners think it's really cute when their dog puts their paws on you, in fact that dog is trying to establish alpha status. Don't let your dog control affection with you. In fact, don't pet your dog when he demands for it.

Becoming an alpha dog is really important because it will surely fix that "attitude" of your dogs. Giving you a well behaved dog.

Make sure that you have everyone in your family taking part of these tips. You want your dog to understand that he is a subordinate of everyone in the household. It may sound a bit mean but is a really necessary thing if you want to have a well behaved, well mannered and obedient dog. Some other tips to keep in mind is you don't have to be aggressive or mean to become the alpha.