{"id":2175,"date":"2012-09-21T14:05:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T20:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/madison-dog-training\/?p=2175"},"modified":"2024-05-01T18:59:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T00:59:35","slug":"creating-the-proper-relationship-with-your-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/madison-dog-training\/uncategorized\/creating-the-proper-relationship-with-your-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating the proper relationship with your dog."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The relationship you develop with your dog is important.<br \/>\nWe need to show our dogs that we are their pack leaders.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not always about being a dominant figure, I have had many clients<br \/>\nthroughout the years that do not posses a dominant personality<br \/>\nyet can have full control over their dogs.<br \/>\nIts more about painting a clear picture for our dogs so that they<br \/>\nknow what we expect of them.<br \/>\nIf you read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/madison-dog-training\/uncategorized\/3-keys-to-successful-dog-training\/\">3 Key to Successful Dog Training<\/a>,<br \/>\nyou&#8217;ll see that there are some important factors that play a huge role<br \/>\nin ensuring that our dogs understand what we expect from them.<br \/>\nThink of your training like a painting, you want to create a very clear picture<br \/>\nfor your dog of what you are expecting them to do.<br \/>\nIn most cases it&#8217;s not about how dominant you act but more about how clear of a picture<br \/>\nyou are creating for your dog.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/madison-dog-training\/uncategorized\/3-keys-to-successful-dog-training\/\">Timing, Consistency and Motivation<\/a> play a very important role<br \/>\nin establishing the proper relationship with our dog. Dogs by nature<br \/>\nwant and need a leader so it is important that we claim that role or<br \/>\nour dog will think it is up to him to claim that role for us.<br \/>\nThat does not mean we have to act dominant with our dogs.<br \/>\nHitting and yelling at them will only confuse them, its our job<br \/>\nto guide them, not scare them or confuse them.<\/p>\n<p>Some examples of how we can claim the role of pack leader<br \/>\nare quite simple. Teaching your dog to wait at the door until<br \/>\nafter you have entered shows that you are the leader.<br \/>\nMaking them sit and wait for their food shows them that you<br \/>\nare their resource for food. Not giving them attention when<br \/>\nthey nudge your hand while your watching T.V. tells them that you<br \/>\nare in control of everything, including when they get attention.<br \/>\nThose simple lessons will show your dog a clear picture<br \/>\nof your role and theirs.<\/p>\n<p>We should always be fair and consistent with our dogs, not harsh.<br \/>\nFind out what motivates your your dog. Whether it&#8217;s food, toys or attention,<br \/>\nuse those as positive tools in your training. Dogs like to please their leaders so<br \/>\nwhen they see you smiling and happy and willing to give them a reward for what they<br \/>\nhave done, they are motivated to keep repeating the right behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The relationship you develop with your dog is important. We need to show our dogs that we are their pack leaders. It&#8217;s not always about being a dominant figure, I have had many clients throughout the years that do not posses a dominant personality yet can have full control over their dogs. Its more about&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/madison-dog-training\/uncategorized\/creating-the-proper-relationship-with-your-dog\/\"><b>Read More <i class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[134,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/madison-dog-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/madison-dog-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/madison-dog-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/madison-dog-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/madison-dog-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/madison-dog-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4730,"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/madison-dog-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175\/revisions\/4730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/madison-dog-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/madison-dog-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/madison-dog-training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}