Is your dog an Alpha,\u00a0 Beta,\u00a0Gamma, Early Warner, Tester, Diffuser, Body Slammer,\u00a0Bully,\u00a0 Dominant,\u00a0Fearful, Territorial, Possessive,\u00a0 Subordinate, \u201cStress pot\u201d, Sexual Predator, Flirt, Protector,\u00a0Guard, Chaser,\u00a0Thief, Hunter, or just a common Idiot, perhaps, a \u201cNut-Case\u201d like my recent rehomee? So which one is yours? Well,\u00a0the bad news is that \u201cA<\/i> Zebra<\/i> can’t<\/i> change<\/i> its<\/i> stripes<\/i>\u201d…\u00a0 Neither you nor your dog will ever change disposition, job description or temperament … But there\u2019s good news. Read on!
\nAt the same time \u00a0– who would not want to live in perfect harmony with their dog? But what does it take? Really.
\nBetween all the owners coming to my seminars and classes with their problematic pets there is always a nice bunch of dogs who,\u00a0if taken away from their loving families,\u00a0could be redistributed between the audience finding almost that perfect match of temperaments, life styles,\u00a0needs and roles with another owner in the group.\u00a0Yes, sometimes we just acquire, bring up, or even ruin the dog who\u2019d be that perfect companion for someone else; be it because they are not you, better than you, or just expect completely different things from their pet dog. There’s a perfect dog for everyone out there,\u00a0and vice versa.\u00a0 This is true for most dogs, and most people – there are the exceptions of course.\u00a0And if not just matched into their perfect homes, then there are dogs who will amend and bend and change their behavioural patterns in no time to fit and accommodate whatever is thrown their way \u2013 easy dogs. And there are dogs whose educational \/ learning and teaching abilities,\u00a0mixed with the right abilities and qualities of the people they are dependant upon, both conscious and sub-conscious, that will undoubtedly be affected by their new environment fairly soon.<\/p>\n
So,\u00a0with a very small percent chance of failure,\u00a0we should all swap our dogs and live perfectly ever after\u2026 If\u00a0there was\u00a0that perfect ever after! Dogs also come in all forms and shapes to match all those possible scenarios they are likely to live in. No training required.\u00a0 No changes or adjustments needed.\u00a0 Job done and no need to read this any further!
\nLater on, all the Exercise junkies will go home with over-exuberant youngsters,\u00a0 couch potatoes will get a nice and steady, lazy hounds and skilled competition-type brains will have the full-on challenges of a dog to take home and shape into whatever they wish… Right, you would say…\u00a0 Be real!\u00a0 And you would be right of course.<\/p>\n
As you rightfully guessed, I was just kidding. Saying that, this is the perfect scenario of how the dogs, be it puppies, adults or rescues,\u00a0 should be matched with their perspective homes to avoid any future disasters.\u00a0 But this is not happening, not in our game…
\nWe are stuck with our charges because we love them,\u00a0and this is the reality.\u00a0 And most of us are not likely to ever change the ‘wiring’, the genetic make up of that dog, that we can not get on with – after all,\u00a0a few weeks of classes and a few minutes a day of your home work (and I’m talking about the best one of you) would be competing with over 30 thousand years (20000 in some sources) of selection and evolution. So do we just give up then? Stop branding your dog whatever it is you are told by your dog shrink, enough learning about the behaviour types and kinds of aggression your dog might have developed, save yourself time on looking up the ways to overcome those ranking issues inside your family pack!
\nThere’s the light at the end of that tunnel, guys! Dogs live for way more than just that \u201ctrack – eye – stalk –\u00a0 chase – kill – eat \/ shag, play, argue\u201d etc!
\nThey also need company, to communicate,\u00a0to succeed at various tasks, to chew, eat, walk and rest. And after scanning tons of literature and years of experimenting and failing (how can one get on without it!) I’ve convinced myself that there’s just nothing better than Handfeeding, ticking all the boxes above – from start to finish.\u00a0Handfeeding may not (and probably will not) change that ‘wiring’ but will camouflage it into something completely different, just as I mentioned before – following, eating,\u00a0succeeding… Well rehearsed and proofed it can offer any dog (and owner) a phenomenal set of alternatives to all of the above.\u00a0 It is imperative, every living dog has to eat – so you don’t have to learn to accept living with a \u2018problem\u2019 in your dog. But it does take time to learn to send the right and clear signals, and properly reinforce them using thousands of kibbles and tons of positive markers supporting them.<\/p>\n
Being good pays!\u00a0 This is what you may learn to teach your dog, and what your dog should learn from you,\u00a0 the sooner the better!\u00a0 And we are not even beginning to describe the trust issues that your dog is going to learn from this from you as the solo provider in the starting stages,\u00a0and later on – from other people,\u00a0in and around obstacles,\u00a0distractions,\u00a0phobias and various triggers…<\/p>\n
Handfed dogs are the ones that discovered the stuff that matters, who choose the chance to respond to a call and follow an instruction, be lead rather than compete for leadership, ask what to do instead of acting out the naughty steps on you. A handfed dog is the dog with the light in it\u2019s eyes, the attention in it\u2019s look and the face, turned into you, the owner, the master, the provider\u2026<\/p>\n
Bossy Boots of a dog likes to follow a treat, Fearful dogs feel better being rewarded, competing mates re-focus their frustration on you and your titbit instead of each other, bored and distracted dogs realise what actually gives them the right feedback, and the untrained dogs become just that much cleverer following your hand, trying to succeed and solving tasks you throw in their direction to resolve. Handfeeding can turn any dog into what you handfeed it for. Following you becomes that dog\u2019s habit to start with, and after a short while \u2013 his or her lifes ambition, making them so different to all the other dogs. This is what turns heads when my pack is about \u2013 the pack of super-dogs, the handfed dogs\u2026<\/p>\n
I can talk about the advantages of the Handfeeding for hours! But I\u2019d want to encourage you to pick up that feeding bowl of yours (well, your dog\u2019s), roll up your sleeves, delve into it, and off you go \u2013 one thing for sure: you will be swearing at yourself that you\u2019d not done it sooner! Bit by bit, kibble by kibble, like a stairway to heaven – this is your road to success and the dog’s chance to keep it’s position as beloved family member who’s there to stay!<\/p>\n
D.Y.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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