When dogs live with humans, they are deprived of the simple things such as structured exercise, discipline, extra activities and are treated like humans and that’s what creates psychological issues in them and makes them frustrated, anxious, nervous or even very hyper and this leads to aggression.
Following are the points that leads a dog towards different issues.
1. Lack of leadership.
2. Treat them like human babies.
3. Lots of affection all the times.
4. Lack of mental stimulation given to dog.
5. Thinking only about dog’s physical status and not paying attention to his psychological needs.
6. Not paying attention to his or her instinctual needs.
7. Lack of knowledge of breeds in dogs and selection based only on physical appearance.
8. Few rules , boundaries and limits or none established on them.
Following are the points that humans should do to make their dogs balanced and prevent issues in them?
1. They should establish the position of a leader by producing calm, confident, assertive, happy and pride energy.
2. They should respect their dogs’ self and not treat them like human babies.
3. There should be a balance of exercise, discipline and then affection.
4. They should be given mental challenges like search games, impulse control like “stay” to keep them occupied.
5. Instead of just thinking about your dog’s physique, one should also look after how to fulfill their psychological needs.
6. They are highly instinctive, so when we try to teach them by speaking or correct them by screaming, it’s not going to work, instead one should be calm and assertive and communicate more with actions than words.
7. Before selecting a dog as a pet, especially a pedigree dog one should always do a proper research on the breed specifics.
8. You have to give them some boundaries and limitations, that will make yourself a strong leader and will gain you trust as well as respect.
9. And the most important thing you have to follow on regular basis is THE WALK. You have to walk your dog regularly in a proper and Structured manner where you make him/her follow you on a short but not tense leash and you give breaks to sniff as rewards in between the walk.
And finally, by following these simple steps you will lead yourself towards a better and balanced life with your dog without any psychological menace happening in your house.
Written by – Aakash Shukla.
