NEWSLETTER:
Sincerely, Debbie
INTERCEPT dog training
Socializing Your Dog
The socialization process is complex and requires dedication and proper timing based on the dog’s level of social maturity and threshold for adapting to various levels of stress.
A well socialized dog is highly adaptable and accepts guidance and leadership from the handler. The dog should be compliant and exhibit a high level of impulse control founded in solid obedience skills.
Below you will find a list of items that all well socialized dogs should readily accept to prove adaptability and social tolerance. Dogs should be exposed to these items in a very positive manner, get help with a trained professional if you are unsure:
People:
adults
children
seniors
disabled
various ethnicities
Places:
friends' houses, pet stores
outdoor mall,strip malls
car rides
veterinary office
obedience classes
neighborhood park
beach, boardwalk
farmer's markets
outdoor restaurants
parades, sports events
parking structures
tourist areas
Sounds:
doorbell, TV, radio, pots and pans
vacuum, stereo, clapping
dropping things, whistle
sirens, singing, car horns
balloons popping
noisemakers (party)
popcorn popping, electric saw
blender, can opener, lawn mower
fireworks, yelling, cheering, drums
electric tools, yard blower
garbage disposal
automatic garage door
People riding:
bicycles
skateboards
wagons
roller skates
motorcycles
pogo sticks
People who are:
walking, running, bending, hopping, crawling, swimming, yelling, cheering
bathing, carrying things, eating, pushing grocery carts or strollers,
in a wheelchair, using a walker, using crutches, using a cane or wearing sunglasses, coats, hats, gloves, in a sling......
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The places mentioned to the left are public and privately owned, you are responsible to ensure dogs are allowed before you take your canine friend along! Igornance of local ordinances or laws does not excuse responsibility.
"My dog always looks GUILTY after he's done something bad!"
No. He's reacting to your body language and emotions. When you come in and see the toilet paper all over the floor, or the furniture chewed, or a big smelly mistake on the floor or bed, you get mad. The dog can tell that you are upset by your body language and possibly your VOICE! The only thing he knows how to do is to avoid confrontation and possible negative consequences. So he/she tries to appease your bad mood by crouching, crawling, rolling over on their backs, or possibly submissive peeing,or avoiding eye contact. You are interpreting the dog as acting "guilty" (humanizing the dog or anthropomorphism) when in fact the dog (canine) is not emotionally wired for this particular emotion.
Changing or correcting unwanted behaviors can be done but you have to catch dogs "in the act." in order to reliably communicate to the dog what is is you do not like. Screaming and yelling at the dog, or punishing it after the fact does not tell your dog what is wrong. You may in fact wind up teaching it to fear you, or consider you unreliable. (Remember that if your dog finds that it cannot consistently rely on you to be fair and predictable, it will begin to distrust you -- just as you would learn to distrust someone who unpredictably flew into rages.) Preventing your dog from unwanted behaviors coupled with properly timed corrections will go much further in eliminating the behavior from your pet rather than yelling at it. In fact, you should not yell at, scream at, or hit your dog, ever. There are much more effective ways to get your point across. Try instead to understand the situation from your dog's point of view (is he bored, anxious, under exercised?) and read up on what to do, or call a local professional for help or call me to Intercept the behaviors!
First, you should understand that there are two components to "training" and they are frequently mixed. There is the kind of training that solves behavioral problems. There is also the kind of training that creates a command-response pattern. It is perfectly possible to have a dog that heels, sits, and stays perfectly and digs out all your marigolds. Conversely, you may have a dog that does not destroy things in your house nor jump up on people, but does not sit or heel. For purposes of clarity, I consider the former type of training as "behavior modification" and the latter type as "obedience training." Author:Cindy Moore, Copyright 1995
This is just a short clip about two dogs who used to pull during the walk. One is about 6yrs old and the other is 3 months. They are not 100% proficient as it has only been 3 days of practice, but training is an on-going progress is it not? Debbie
I got this from a website open to any and all who love dogs: www.k9domain.org/default.aspx
"....other reasons why the alpha theory doesn’t work it is important to define some terms in order to avoid confusion.:
Let us start with dominance and leadership. Those two word sound almost synonymous but the fact is that they are not the same thing. Dominance is defined by the ‘relationship between two animals established by force/aggression and submission to determine who has access to resources’ (Bernstein 1981, Drews 1993), while leadership is defined by the ‘ability to influence others to do things they wouldn’t normally do’. Leadership can indeed be gained without the use of force or aggression. By creating clear boundaries and guidelines which are regularly enforced and making it clear that you are in control over the resources you give (e.g. food, attention, etc) one can start to establish leadership. We would also have to stop reinforcing bad behaviors and remove anything that is remotely reinforcing them. A classic example of a dominating technique is the alpha roll. The concept behind this is that if you roll a dog on his back, in the similar way an alpha wolf rolls other wolves, you are showing him that you are more dominant. Those that advocate this method couldn’t be more wrong. The alpha roll also has its basis in a faulty observation, initially biologist thought that an alpha would roll another on his back to demonstrate dominance; now we know that the so called alpha roll is not forced upon the offending wolf but rather the lower ranking wolf is willingly rolling over to show submission. Again this is an example of how submission and not dominance is used to keep the peace in a pack. The only cases recorded where a wolf (or feral dog) rolls another over on his/her back forcefully was in order to kill it. If this is the intent of the forceful alpha roll, then what are you telling your dog when you roll him/her over? A logical comparison would be a boss pointing a gun at you and asking you not to repeat a mistake!Any dominating technique that uses force is better to avoid for another reason. When you implement alpha rolls, harsh leash checks, scruff shaking, etc you are teaching your dog that aggressive struggles for dominance is fair play. A dog that mistakenly thinks this way may use force to try to dominate other people such as elderly or young members of the family and such a dog could be a health hazard. All in all its best simply to avoid these methods because you gain a lot less than you loose.
