Sentences with phrase «of dominance over the dog»

Throughout its life, the Perro de Presa Canario requires obedience refresher courses and the owner must always maintain a position of dominance over the dog.

Not exact matches

The worst combination of dogs is two females because they are more inclined to fight over dominance than a male and a female or two males.

Despite their diminutive size, Yorkies have the capacity to rule their territory with an iron paw — they have even been known to establish dominance over much larger dogs by sheer force of will.

Michael taught us patience, yet firmness, using rewards / positive reinforcement methods (as opposed to negative based use - of - force methods to establish dominance over our dog, as suggested by others).

Even small dogs can try to gain dominance over humans by standing on the owner's feet, sleeping on top of them or trying to get above them by getting on the back of the couch.

Data collected over the same period for 20 dogs with dominance aggression treated with behavior modification, exercise, diet and Promise Collars alone, showed that one dog was euthanatized for worsening behavior, two were placed after failure to improve or worsening of behavior, 3 failed to improve and 3 showed less than 25 % improvement.

Do not pet the dog on her head or back during greeting (this is a subtle form of asserting dominance over dogs).

A May 2009 issue of the Journal of Veterinary Behavior highlighted a study that indicated human attempts to assert dominance over dogs tend to increase canine aggression in return.

The most recent understanding of dominance is that it occurs in specific situations between two dogs over a single resource.

Respect the personality of your dog, but make sure you impose your dominance over the West Highland White Terrier.

I have had several dogs over my lifetime, and I've always learned from trainers who taught dominance with the use of pinch and snare collars.

When compared to 20 cases of dominance aggression treated with conventional behavioral or other habit modification over the same time period, only 11 dogs improved > 25 % and of the remaining 9 cases, 3 failed to improve and 3 were euthanized or placed in another home.

It used to be thought, that dogs reaching maturity may seek to exert their dominance over their owners, and refuse to comply with commands as a way of displaying their status.

The other major factor, unfortunately, is that a lot of dog behavior advice in the media and popular culture still has a tendency to pin most behavior issues on dominance, or conflicts over social status — so it makes a certain amount of sense to think that by spaying or neutering the dog and «taking them down a notch» in the pecking order, we might be able to fix the problem.

Understanding the need to exert dominance, and social structure over limited resources is only found in a few breeds, but with many breeds of dogs, that behavior has been bred out completely.

As dog behavior expert Cesar Milan explains, dogs jump on people entering the home to establish a type of dominance over the situation.

Since the renaissance of dominance - based punishment techniques in the dog training world over the past decade, too many dogs that have been subjected to a «professional» rough hand and are now suffering behavioral issues as a result.

I believe there's a reluctance in society to give dogs this autonomy, partly because of the dominance fallacy that's still pervasive in training circles, and partly because it means giving up some of the control we invariably exert over our dogs.