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Dog Training and Behavior – Communication

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I find this factor of dog training quite intriguing simply because communicating with animals has always interested me. It truly is amazing how we as humans can communicate with dogs and other animals.

Communications Through Voice Tone

Believe it or not, the voice tone of a human has a lot to do with the reaction your dog is going to give off. It all depends on how high or low your tone is. It is important to limit our voice commands to something that has a single syllable, such as “No.” Instead of using long syllables that can be confusing to the dog.

How We Communicate Our Approval

Dogs really like rewards. Some rewards you can give involve tasty food, physical touch, praise, toy time or just flat out attention. Whatever you do, you need to do something that makes the dog feel accepted by you.

Using Hand Signals a Highly Effective System of Communication

Have you ever noticed just how observant dogs can be? They can spot any movement out of the corner of their eye, especially when it is at a distance and they do so very acutely. When they are close up, they have poor site when comparing it to human site. Training your dog with hand signals is a great idea. These hand signals are great if the dog is at a distance from you. Some of the more common dog obedience hand signals are that of the stay, down, sit, stand and come.

Remember that your four legged friends are attention seekers and you should always have time set aside for the pet. Dogs love their owners and want very much to please them. They are indeed very loyal pets. When they lick you or crawl up on your lap for attention, that is them telling you how much they love you and want to be loved back.

Some of these “love” communication signals and behaviors we receive from our dogs are not always wanted. It is up to us to teach our dogs what type of communication is acceptable and what is not.

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Exercising your dog on a daily basis is one of the best and most successful ways of keeping your dog from developing all kinds of bad unwanted behavior problems. If possible take your dog for a daily walk of at least an hour. If you’re not used to walking start your walks out with just a few minutes and gradually increase your time as each day passes.

Years ago I developed some serious chronic pain and I could not walk for more than a few minutes before becoming overwhelmed with back pain. So one summer what I did was I started walking two minutes in one direction and turning around and walking back knowing it was only 2 minutes to get home. My first walk was only four minutes long. And even though it was only four minutes it was painful.

However over the next three weeks I was able to increase my daily walk until it was at 20 minutes per day. Three years later I am now walking every day for 1 1/2 hours. So, if you have a dog and you really find it difficult to go on a daily walk because of some issue like pain as I had, if it’s at all possible (talk to your doctor) see if you can start your walks just a few minutes per day. You will be amazed at what health benefits you reap as well as your wonderful dog.

Now let’s get back to the dog. Okay wait, let’s talk about us first. Every night most of us will end up watching TV for a few hours before we go to bed. Or perhaps some of you may want to read before you go to bed. I only start this paragraph out by saying that because I want to avoid the argument that you do not have any time. Everyone can make time to take their dog on a walk everyday.

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If you watch TV, cut TV out in order to take that walk. Whatever it is you do that is not work, if it is leisure time, then you have time to take your dog for a walk every day. You may be exhausted from work, but believe me the benefits of walking daily will amaze you. Giving you MORE energy over time.

Okay, so we were talking about dog separation anxiety. The fact is that if you take your dog for a walk every morning before you go to work, your dog will have had plenty of exercise and entertainment to start his day off. This may be all he needs in order to feel less discomfort while you are away.

You can also take your dog for a walk when you get home. If you are a woman you may find it encouraging to note that statistically speaking, they say that you can cut down your risk of cancer by 45% if you walk 45 minutes a day. There are so many benefits for both dog and human when it comes to daily walks I just can’t stress it enough.

If you have a dog park nearby, and walking for a half an hour to an hour a day is difficult for you, take the dog to the park. There are wonderful throwing toys that you can use to toss a tennis ball at a distance to give your dog a great deal of exercise over a period of just 15 to 20 minutes. And the great thing about dog parks is there are other dogs that your dog can associate with and have some fun social time with other members of his species.

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