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- A domestic dog is more of a scavenger than a hunter.
- Teach your children to avoid approaching any dog that is standing very stiff and still.
- Most domestic female dogs can have two litters per year. Wolves and some dog breeds have only one litter per year.
- The reason dogs dig holes for bedding is for thermoregulation (maintaining body temperature).
- Eight week old puppies need to "go" every hour if they are awake and once or twice during the night.
- Keeping a log of all feeding and elimination is a great method to learn how often your pup needs to 'go' outside.
- Using force and intimidation are not the keys to becoming our dogs' leaders.
- When dogs demand attention with rude behaviors like jumping up, barking, nipping, et cetera and are successful, they learn to
exhibit those rude behaviors whenever they desire our attention.
- The primary reason puppies and dogs jump up is to receive attention while greeting humans. We reinforce (maintain or
increase) the attention-seeking, jumping behavior by petting, praising, yelling, or using our hands to push them away.
- The best method to prevent many unwanted behaviors is to teach and reinforce a behavior that is incompatible with the
unwanted behavior.
- Recognize your dog's strengths and modify your training goals to accommodate innate and individual skills.
- Body blocks send signals to your dog that you do not want to interact, hand pushes, eye contact and verbal corrections signal
your willingness to interact.
- Unfortunately, small, cute, young puppies are encouraged to jump up by everyone who greets them. Try asking your family and
guests to fold their arms across their chests and ignore your jumping puppy.
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