Tuesday, August 28, 2012

howl out aloud

Pampered pooches ‘howl out aloud’ and ask for a life that they truly deserve. It’s time to train the trainers!

As for how we behave with them, we could surely fall in love with our cute little pooches and allow them their every whim and fancy, but that’s not how our dear canine perceives the situation. A fact that we forget is that the simple concept of being in a pack is ingrained in every dog’s DNA, and in every pack there can be only two roles, one of a leader and the other of a follower. So, by allowing the dog his way, we’re also telling him that he is the leader in this relationship.

A dog is meant to fend for himself, work and spend all energy and then feel rewarded. Every dog demands exercise (mental and physical), or else the accumulated energy develops into aggression. Dogs need discipline; they look for a calm, assertive leader in their master, to direct and reward them. Affection comes last, and that too should be given only when the dog is in a stable state of mind. Affection given when the dog is either too excited or nervous, would simply nurture unwanted behaviour. A man’s best friend, a dog, should be calm and submissive when accompanied by his master.

Our love for our faithful companions may be true, but our way of expressing it needs to be better channelised. Humanising dogs would simply create an imbalance in their lives.