| In your dog training travels, you've likely stumbled | | | | cannot change the events of the past, but you can, |
| upon breed specific training programs, for training | | | | with a solid dog obedience training program, change |
| German shepherd, terrier training, and Labrador | | | | her attitude toward the things that she fears, so |
| training. These dog training programs effectively play | | | | that she will react with less volatility toward them. |
| into the predicted traits of all of these breeds; | | | | Dogs are bred for appearance, endurance, chase, |
| however, it's important to understand that these | | | | protection, and size factors. They're also bred so that |
| programs are purely supplemental, and that falling into | | | | their temperaments match the job they were bred |
| breed generalizations can lead to dog training blunders. | | | | to do. These temperaments generally run through |
| It's commonly known that beagles are barkers, that | | | | most veins of a particular breed, but as with every |
| Australian shepherds are super intelligent, and that | | | | rule, there are always exceptions. If possible, make it |
| Chihuahuas can be suspicious of large dogs and | | | | a point to meet the parents of a puppy you're |
| strangers. | | | | planning to adopt. Her mother and father's |
| Though we have come to believe these things as | | | | personalities will be indicative of her future personality. |
| truths, and they generally are, it's important to | | | | You can't be sure how your dog was trained before |
| understand that it can be detrimental to dog | | | | she came to live with you. If she was permitted to |
| obedience training to assume that every member of | | | | soil the interior of the house, or if her aggressive |
| a specific breed will possess identical character traits. | | | | behavior toward people and animals was not |
| Too many times, well meaning dog owners assume | | | | corrected, you'll need dog training, crate training, |
| that they can skip steps for intelligent breeds, or only | | | | housetraining, clicker training, and puppy potty training |
| concentrate on changing the undesirable traits of | | | | to prevent those ingrained habits from further |
| other breeds. | | | | developing. |
| Much more goes into determining a dog's personality | | | | Avoid skipping dog obedience training steps because |
| than pedigree. Here are a few other contributing | | | | you deem them unnecessary for your dog's breed. If |
| factors: | | | | her breed predicts that she'll be friendly, don't skip |
| An upstanding puppy breeder or a top dog trainer | | | | the socialization. If her breed predicts that she'll bark, |
| knows that 8 to 12 weeks is the ideal age for a | | | | don't concentrate solely on dog barking and ignore |
| puppy to be transferred from her canine family to | | | | other dog training techniques. |
| her human family. Earlier than 8 weeks, and she will | | | | Training German shepherd, terrier training, and |
| not have learned how to control her biting, or how to | | | | Labrador training programs are designed to enhance |
| interact with fellow dogs. This means she could come | | | | standard, positive dog obedience training. Skipping the |
| to you with a nipping or dog aggression problem. If | | | | basics would be like trying to learning to divide |
| she remains with her littermates and her mother for | | | | without first learning to add, subtract, and multiply. |
| more than 12 weeks, she could fall into a pecking | | | | Your dog's character is unique among dogs, and |
| order habit of being submissive or dominant, and | | | | among members of her own breed. Without travel |
| bring that into her dog human relationship with you. | | | | through every portion of a dog obedience training |
| Maybe a dog was frozen with fear over a happening | | | | program, you might never truly uncover every |
| of the past. If a child pulled her ears hard enough to | | | | aspect of her multifaceted temperament. So use dog |
| cause pain, she might feel uneasy around your | | | | training to get to know her, to help her to grow to |
| children. If she had been accidentally closed into a | | | | be a well rounded companion, and to slide seamlessly |
| closet, and forgotten about, she might fear the | | | | into the dog human relationship you're dreaming of. |
| doors and closets in your house. Obviously, you | | | | |