Understanding

Psychology Of Dog

Training

Dogs are descendent of wolves. To study the

psychology of dog training and understand the pack

hierarchal system of dogs, we must go back

and examine their ancestor -wolves.

Wolves live naturally in packs of at least 2 and

more... They live in a dictatorship system with

strictly defined hierarchies of males and females. In

their system, a leader - usually always a male, the

biggest and toughest wolf also known as alpha

leader would be in charge of the pack and will have

the right to everything. The rest of the dogs in the

pack would be followers and follow their leader

willingly. This hierarchy system is not static and

would change when another dominant member

challenge the leader's authority and win.

For your dog, your family is the pack and every

member is part of the hierarchy system. From the

moment a new puppy or dog is introduce to the

family, the new dog will start to pick up signals and

indicators to figure out his own status in the family

and who’s in charge. If your dog see you as a "alpha

leader", he will follow your commands willingly and

this will allows you to train him easily.

On the other hand, if your dog is very dominant

(because you allow him to pick up the wrong signals)

and starts to challenge your "alpha leader" position,

he may refuse to follow your command and turn

aggressive against you easily. This situation usually

happens in children where dogs see their chain of

command higher than that of them. This also

explains why children suffer more dog bites than

adults do.

If you would prefer to own an obedient dog that

pay attention to your command, assuming the

role of the “alpha leader’ and establishing

control over your dog is extremely important!

Your dog must learn that he is the lowest ranking in

the family, subordinate to you, to the children, and

must recognize you to be the leader. If such

hierarchy is not set up properly, the dog will try to

take charge and assume the role of the leader.

This’ll eventually lead the dog to turn into “dominant

dog” and thus tend to misbehave. If this happens,

you’ll face an uphill task to properly train your dog.

As we live in a democratic society, most of us will

find it hard to understand the dog’s concept of

dictatorship. Nevertheless, it is necessary that

we adjust ourselves to understand how the dog

live and think. By being dictating, you would think

that this is cruel or even inhumane to the dog. If you

think so, you are very wrong!

In fact, dogs are more than happy to be a follower

and taking instructions from a leader. You have to

give your dog directions, organize his space and

activities for him, and he’ll be more clued-up and

know his boundaries of life, which means knowing

what is expected of him when he’s indoor or outdoor.

Your dog will be able to lead a less stressful and

happy life and so will you.

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