People who love their canines enjoy spending time with them. Playing and having fun is important to both of you, but it’s also important that your canine friend be taught to obey certain commands. As long as you’re going to be spending time with them, you may as well let it be a fun thing to do, while you start their dog training.
Before canines were being domesticated, they did very well in communicating with each other using body language. Even though they could bark and growl, their meals depended on working together as a team, and silence was important to sneak up on their prey. They still have these keen instincts, and consider you as part of their pack.
You may consider your canine friend to be a member of the family, and you can see evidence of this by the way they keep watching to see what you are doing. If you walk toward the door, they will get up and attempt to go with you, wherever that might be. They want to keep the pack together and work in a team with you. As a result, you can use this bond to help in their education.
Regardless of what type of dog you have, the success of its behavior depends on learning the basic commands. From those, you can easily teach it whatever else you want it to do. Most people will teach them to do some types of tricks, which can be very entertaining. But, once they learn their basics, you can continue their education past obedience. There are many practical uses for well trained dogs.
You’re probably familiar with K-9 units in law enforcement agencies, and the military, but canines are also used in search and rescue. In many locations, you don’t have to be employed by the squad, in order for your dog to be used in an emergency. Some people think it takes a big dog for this type of work, but smaller ones can squeeze into tight places.
Another advanced area where your canine might be of use is in assisting people with disabilities. Seeing Eye Dogs where the first venture into this area, but there are now more services they can offer, such as watching over semi-invalids, and people who have heart problems. Canines can detect when a person is about to have a heart attack, and they can smell cancer cells.
Our ‘best friends’ are also trained for doing dog sports, and to herd livestock, and help in hunting. You can even train yours to pull a cart. There are circuits for pulling contests where these canines are trained to pull sleds with specific amounts of weight. These can get very competitive, and your dog could love it.
Dogs were first being domesticated about 13000 BCE, and have been protecting people and property ever since. You might not be interested in educating yours to be a guard dog, but you can still enjoy them barking at possible intruders. Whatever your future intentions, for your best buddy, it all starts with basic obedience dog training.
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