Dog Training And The Unbreakable Human Dog Bond

Contrary to what many people think, a dog trainer does not train a dog. No. A dog trainer trains the owner of the dog to train the dog. There is a good reason why the dog trainer trains the owner rather than the dog. The reason is that from a dog's point of view, he can have only one boss. There can be only one alpha dog in his pack (family). If the trainer were to do a foolish thing and train the dog, the dog would then consider the TRAINER as the alpha dog of his pack. The dog would obey the trainer, but the owner would still have an apparently untrained dog because the dog would only obey his alpha dog ? the trainer.

There is an old saying in the South that goes, "if you think you are so tough, try ordering another man's dog around." The fact is that you will not have any luck at all in ordering another man's dog around, or another woman's dog around, either. Dogs have only one master. That is why dog trainers train owners to train their dogs.

There is almost a mystical connection between a human and his or her dog. Dogs have the capacity to give all of their love and devotion to one human ? their human. I don't intend to offend cat lovers, but the fact is that no other animal on earth has formed a bond with humans that are as strong and as lasting as dogs.

I think the credit for this human/dog connection must be given to the dog. Dogs have adapted to living with humans in the human's environment rather than the other way around. There is simply no devotion greater on earth than a dog's devotion to his master, and humans can have more than one dog, but a dog never has but one master.

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