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Obedience Training For Dogs

Dog obedience training is the practice of training dogs to interact with humans in a way that is pleasant to humans, and not disruptive. The reason why dogs need obedience training is because although dogs are an advanced animal, they are still in fact animals. Although dogs can be trained to understand humans, and might in fact have some human characteristics, they are animals. Humans have laws and standards that keep our behaviors in check. Because humans have dominion over animals, it’s our responsibility to make sure that our animals, our in this case dogs, aren’t dangerous or a menace to other humans.

The best time to send a dog to obedience training is when they are a puppy. Just like humans start socializing their children at a very young age, a puppy has to be trained to do things such as live in a house with humans, especially children. Just a like a child, a puppy or dog will eliminate their bowels without some type of control in place. When a puppy or dog learns for example that eliminating in the house is unacceptable, this is called housebreaking the dog. The dog must learn that just like humans, there is an acceptable place for them to eliminate their bowels. This is one of the first things that a dog learns in obedience training.

Dogs also learn in obedience training that they can’t run around wild, and on their impulses. The dogs learn how to do things such as walk at the same pace of the owner, when to stop, when to drop, when to rest, and when to go to their assigned sleeping areas. Dogs also need to be trained on how to relax when it’s feeding time for them. Anyone who has ever prepared the dog’s dish for food knows how excited a dog can become upon smelling their food. If the dog wasn’t controlled, they would knock a human down getting to their food, or bite the human. A dog that has received obedience training will learn how to sit down, and patiently wait for their food.

Dog obedience training can be an invaluable tool in helping to make your dog become a loveable, accepted member of human society. In a lot of cases, canine obedience training can prevent both the dog, and the dog owner from being legally punished. For example, if a dog bites a human, that person can sue the dog owner for damages in court. In a lot of states, if a dog bites someone, that dog will be picked up and euthanized. In addition to this, the human owner will be penalized for the dog bite. So with all of this, dog obedience training is a necessary tool that any responsible, loving dog owner should invest in.