SweetAsscher
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I recently decided to invest in my dog's education with some professional dog training.
Good training is something I highly value especially as I own a breed that has a bad reputation. Usually I train my own pets, dogs, horses, bird etc, but my dog has a tendency to be dominant and aggressive towards some other dogs. (The funny thing is that our little chihuahua is totally his boss and even the cat picks on him bcuz he's such a big baby. )
So we are now working with a trainer and it's going very very well! Bentley (my dog) already knows all the basic commands so we are mostly working on his socialization and fixation on other dogs. Basically ignore all distractions and only focus on me.
It's very expensive and lots of time and effort but I believe in the reward of having an enjoyable, reliably trained companion. It just makes me wonder why doesn't everyone train their dog??
I see all these owners at the dog park with absolutely no control of their dogs and I feel like it's a huge liability. Why would you want to risk something happening to your dog or someone else's dog or another person? The dog always ends up losing in the end.
And I'm not just talking about aggression issues, I'm talking about the dog that doesn't come when it's called or drags it's owner at the end of the leash.
So training: do you or don't you and why not?
Good training is something I highly value especially as I own a breed that has a bad reputation. Usually I train my own pets, dogs, horses, bird etc, but my dog has a tendency to be dominant and aggressive towards some other dogs. (The funny thing is that our little chihuahua is totally his boss and even the cat picks on him bcuz he's such a big baby. )
So we are now working with a trainer and it's going very very well! Bentley (my dog) already knows all the basic commands so we are mostly working on his socialization and fixation on other dogs. Basically ignore all distractions and only focus on me.
It's very expensive and lots of time and effort but I believe in the reward of having an enjoyable, reliably trained companion. It just makes me wonder why doesn't everyone train their dog??
I see all these owners at the dog park with absolutely no control of their dogs and I feel like it's a huge liability. Why would you want to risk something happening to your dog or someone else's dog or another person? The dog always ends up losing in the end.
And I'm not just talking about aggression issues, I'm talking about the dog that doesn't come when it's called or drags it's owner at the end of the leash.
So training: do you or don't you and why not?