Would you believe a dog psychologist who once prescribed a box turtle to fulfill a poodle's maternal instincts. A book about understanding your dog was written by this psychologist for he takes his work seriously. An associate professor of psychology at local university and associate director for research at the local zoo is this doctor and his book serves to explain how animals are individuals as well. There are times when people assume a lot of things but he is honest in expressing himself.
The husband was not allowed to enter the bedroom by the dog and this was what he said about a young couple. Written in his book was how the dachshund owned by the couple would experience catatonic fits when they fought. Other than their body language being similar to humans, he also said that dogs develop like young children. Just like humans, dogs can tolerate closeness in different ways, according to him.
Dogs develop through several stages, the doctor points out, adding that the best time to get a puppy is when he is between six and eight weeks old. Before you get a puppy older than 10 weeks, make sure that there were a lot of people around when it was raised. Seeing its way of interacting with other puppies is important when you are considering getting a dog. Watch out for the most outgoing dog for it can be the most aggressive one.
Considering taking along an old scarf or a glove and see if he will play a game of tug of war after investigating it. It is rather pointless for discipline training to be done if a puppy is at five or six weeks since he will forget it but what is useful is giving him some tender loving care and exposing him to a number of experiences that enriches his environment.
He mentions how there is a sensitive fear period at eight weeks wherein owners should avoid any traumatic situations for their puppy including a visit to the doctor. After 12 weeks a dog will then be emotionally bonded to his owner and during this time his spirit and attachment will less likely be broken by discipline training. Recommending different breeds of dog for people in varying situations is this doctor who is a holder of a veterinary degree and a doctorate in psychology from a London university.
Working best for a family with children in the house is a golden retriever, young couples will enjoy the company of terriers, advised for apartment couples is a schnauzer, a Yorkshire terrier, or a poodle, a Yorkshire terrier, pekingese, or pug is ideal for older couples. Based solely on the breed, he says that it is more difficult nowadays to figure out the temperament of a dog. Considering this, he puts the blame on less quality in breeding.
He calls dog breeders cranks if they are the ones who get together and decide on changing breed standards. People should be responsible enough not to change standards without knowing the results, he said. Mandatory testing for prize dogs is being emphasized today and this is before any of them are named the best in the breed. If you do not want the winner to be a frankenstein then this is what you need to do.
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