Hunting Dogs: Being obeyed without affecting his conscience and sense of responsibility is the first goal in training the hunting dog.
The teaching and its duration, however, must be graduated in relation to character, age and ability to concentrate precisely in order not to obtain the opposite of what is desired. When the pupil begins to feel tired, give up a new exercise. If you make a mistake, never resort to beating: a newspaper folded and beaten on the back will have the same effect as a whip. A fundamental rule is to never give a command if it cannot be executed.
In fact, it is essential that the student immediately learns that he can do what is asked of him and has no possibility of evading what is imposed: it is enough to give in once to jeopardize what he has been taught up to then. The dog in fact has the need to fit into a social order and this is easily detected by observing the packs in which each component respects a hierarchy. Territorial cleansing - The puppy only learns it if you pay attention to it. Take it outdoors at least every two hours. If forced to keep it at home, place a newspaper where you want to fulfill the physiological needs and induce the child to stay there until he has satisfied them. Immediately after some caress and praise.
Reproaches, shaking have effect only if they occur while the child is preparing to "dirty" on a carpet, on the floor or in any case in an unsuitable place. Want to chew - Especially while the teeth are growing, the puppy feels the need to chew: put a buffalo skin bone at his disposal and if he shows disinterestedness (but it will hardly happen!) Shake him in order to unleash the predatory instinct. Collar - He will get used to it easily if you leave the collar on for at least a week. Moreover, during the day, even if only for a few minutes, the leash is also put on so that he does not feel stranger - trying to get rid of it - at the exit. Howling - There are dogs who do not want to be alone in the house and as soon as the apartment is empty they begin to howl.
This is an annoying reaction that is easily eliminated. As soon as you leave, stop by the door for a few minutes and as soon as the baby complains, enter ignoring his festive welcome and tighten your jaws (be careful not to hurt him!) Keeping them closed for a few minutes and immediately after leaving the house. The little one learns that his behavior is unwelcome to the pack leader and will behave accordingly. Bite your hand - Some puppies that have a tendency to bite your hand. An act that is mistakenly considered part of the game. Instead, it is an attitude that must be immediately repressed precisely because with this behavior he intends to test his social position, that is, to understand if he will be allowed to bite. Immediately grab a lip keeping it blocked for at least two minutes insensitive to whines and moans. Two or three lessons will be enough to stop him from biting again. . "If you do not intervene immediately - Brunner warns - the animal acquires the mistaken belief that men are living beings of the lowest degree with which you can do what you want, you just need to behave aggressively".
Character of a monarch The threatening attitude consists of some typical expressions:
- Upper and lower lip raised to leave canines and incisors uncovered: indicates to the rival that he is ready to bite him.
- Corners of the mouth contracted so that they are located closer to the nose (the opposite of manifestation of joy when instead they are held in such a way as to reduce the distance from the ears): it is a sign of pre-advent almost to mean that it is not willing to any transgression of play or captivating.
- Pricked ears, almost as if he made an effort to straighten them: he signals to the enemy that he is in an alert position and is so safe that he does not need to protect his ears from possible aggressions by lowering them on his head.
- Tail held normal and not between the legs as the submissives do. In this way it demonstrates that it has no fear of the adversary and indeed does not even try to reduce its own smell as the fearful mammals do that keep their tails between their legs.
- Hair on the shoulders and along the back raised to accentuate the threatening aspect.
- Fully extended legs and muscles in tension so as to make the body take on a greater volume.
- Fixed gaze towards the opponent without any distraction as a deep rumbling comes out of the throat
Alongside these there are also other attitudes that consolidate dominance.