Education Masters
Advocacy for the education of teachers
Based on genetic testing, all dogs descended from wolves. When one observes the behavior of wolves and codes to which they respond and they are compared to those of dogs, we can only be convinced of that. The dogs respond to all codes of behavior similar to those of wolves.
So if you know the rules of the society of wolves, one is able to behave clear to the dog and it will be comfortable with us if we respect those rules. It is for us humans to learn social rules and not dogs to them to learn ours, too complex for their intelligence.
The wolf lives in society, the pack. This company is not governed precise rules and standards. Some wolves may live alone, for various reasons (excluded from the pack for bad behavior, widowed or for personal reasons!), But they never lose contact (distance) with the pack through signs and markers as feces, urine, food scraps, the screams …
The pack has a leader, the dominant, all-powerful. This item is hard won in the face of suitors who may also dominate him play at any occasion. This item has privileges but also obligations and is not easy. What a responsibility! The pack leader is responsible for the survival of the pack, its food, its safety. It makes the police and ensure that everything is in order: hygiene of the den, harmony of the group …
It may delegate responsibilities and rights to his companion who also enjoys privileges. Decide on the place of life, travel, hunting. It feeds on the first (the others are waiting for him to finish eating) and may even decide to leave immediately after a meal without leaving the others to eat if it detects an absolute necessity to do so. When we know the psychological power of the belly, we see how his authority is great. He uses an absolute but always to good effect and in the interest of all of an authority recognized by others who are bent. If it is not up to his office, he will be challenged and may then be degraded or removed from the pack. This is not strong authority from authoritarianism. It is necessary for the survival of the group.
Other pack members are considered depending on their strength and intelligence that determines their rank and duties within the group. A hierarchy is established. It can be questioned. Any junior obeyed without question his superior unless that can take its place, he must prove by fighting.
Some of the behaviors of pack leader:
- And he goes before the first pass in a narrow passage;
- He eats the first and only;
- It can deprive others of food in case of need;
- He decided to travel through time and space;
- Manage the organization and conduct of the pack.
How these rules can they be useful to the owner of a dog?
The authority
A good relationship depends on the rules and do well respected and, therefore, an authority established and exercised. But the dog is not able to assimilate the complex rules of humans. So use it with the rules he knows innately.
A few rules to abide by the master will allow the dog to know that is not the head. The family is its pack and the teacher should be the leader of the pack or at least the supervisor of the dog. Of course, it is not about survival of the group but living in harmony and security among members of the “family-pack” and the rest of society (neighborhood meetings in public, …).
The authority is scary to many people who equate the brutality of morality. Demonstrate authority, provided it is properly, is not a sign of disrespect, meanness, brutality and violence. The authority does not the affection and tenderness. Its proper use is even a proof of love towards those to whom it applies. Is this to be mean with her dog to exercise authority to forbid him to run free in a street with heavy traffic?
If you love your dog, it is the leader and we exercise the authority that flows from it. To be happy, the dog needs to know where his place in the group. The authority that his master has gently but firmly reassured by telling him. We then have a quiet companion, happy, knowing where it belongs and therefore well integrated into the family but also with strangers. And it makes her happiness a hundredfold since the dog is an animal capable of love and gratitude, which, unlike humans, never betrays.
So, to establish and maintain its authority, the master will use the same rules as the wolf pack leader:
- By “heeling” the dog’s head will not be further forward than the leg of the master;
- The dog will go after his master in the doors or stairs;
- The dog will not eat just before the family – if, for any practical reason, the teacher prefers to eat before, it will leave a long enough time between meals and his dog to remove any notion of precedence;
- When humans eat, it will not be tolerated no beggars and we will ensure that the dog is being held at a distance (and not below) the table;
- When the dog eats and before he had finished, the teacher should be able to remove his bowl (or bone) without protest. This may be a showdown the first time but the master will necessarily have the last word. This is very important to establish the hierarchy between master and dog. The teacher will maintain its dominance in doing so occasionally.
These marks of authority are essential and must be manifested at all times and especially since the trend towards the dominance of the dog is stronger.
There are two types of characters: the dominant and the dominated. These characteristics are innate and unrelated to race or education.
The dominant will always seek to control. They will try to establish their authority throughout the world, the master, his spouse, children, parents, friends, animals in the home (and not only dogs but also cats, horses …). These are dogs that will not necessarily difficult but that he will ever remember who order and where they belong. With them, you should never deviate from the rule. This type of character is strongly recommended for people who are not gifted to exert authority.
The dominated are usually good pasta that are content to live and readily accept the rules imposed on them. With these, we can possibly accept derogations from the rules (let them pass before him, for example) because they do not take this as a sign of dominance.
But there must always be exercised by the contracting authority on the dog with a dominant as a dominated. The difference between one and the other will be in the dose of authority and firmness with which it is acting. The teacher should always be the leader. That women do not see any sexism from us if, for simplicity, we use the masculine. These rules also apply to the “master”. A wolf may well be pack leader. In the family-pack, the spouse “master” must also have authority over the dog.
Education
This is not the same as the establishment and maintenance of the authority. Education is learning the rules of good conduct in society. Just as one learns a child not to enter without knocking, to say hello … we will teach her four-legged friend to be quiet, to walk the walk, sit, back foot, not to not move. These are the minimum mandatory obedience a dog must have earned for good behavior in human society. Anyone that supports a dog (even temporarily) must know how to get it from him. But to get the right education, the authority must have been previously established.
It is important to use the right command. It may also be associated with the oral order sign an order allowing you to control the dog in silence or remotely without having to scream. The dog not leash should always remain “in control” of his master. Do not forget also that the dog has not a very good sight beyond ten meters and may have trouble recognizing his master among others.
Orders (in bold sound box):
- “Heel” for the recall (and never “come here” the dog confused with ‘sit’) – a gesture: the outstretched arm hits the thigh on the side in a large movement that the dog must be visible from afar;
- “Sitting” to fix it (a dog is not standing totally calm and attentive) – gesture, the index points to the ground;
- “Shut up” – a gesture: the finger vertically across the mouth (hush!)
- “On foot” for it to work at the head of the leg, with or without leaves, the latter having little slack but not tight – a gesture: the same as “heel” but walking;
- “Not move” (the dog must already be seated) so that it remains motionless while the teacher moves away and even if it comes out of sight of the dog – a gesture: the flat of the hand facing the dog ;
- “Lying” – gesture: hand flat palm down dropping towards the ground;
- “Process” or “will” for free – a gesture: the outstretched arm rises, pointing to a direction with the index.
The dog is sensitive to the tone of voice that indicates the mood of his master. A mandatory order should always be given with a dry tone. The dog recognizes the voice of his master but a good habit is to precede the order of his name. This reinforces the dog’s attention and is useful if there are multiple dogs in the environment.
The Game
The dog is very playful and not only in his young age. He needs to play with his master because it is a very special moment where the complicity grows. Hence the importance of teachers to play alone with the dog from time to time, several times a week and not always at the same times and under the same circumstances. Indeed, one should not accustom the dog to a rite that could make him do the whims if for some reason the game was not possible at the usual time.
In the game, too, is the teacher who takes the initiative to start and stop. If the dog asks to play and that this is not the appropriate time, the master refused. If the dog insists, “no!” farm. And when it’s time to stop playing, stop playing the master (if possible with a word that the dog will recognize as “stop,” it’s over “or” stop “), takes possession of the toy s it is intended to play together and calm the dog with hugs and words of congratulation on soothingly.
Dressage
Is learning to work: dog, police dog, avalanche dog, dog rubble, …
Children and Dogs
Next they are dominant or dominated, dogs may regard children differently. The dominated accept many of the children but may not be good stewards. The dominant will probably excellent protective by preventing, for example, small to go where there is danger (street, stairs, river …). They will express their authority over the child (for good reason) but will not allow the child to show leadership towards them because they consider them to be higher in the hierarchy of the family-pack. One can imagine how a dog can assert its dominance: stampede, paw, bite, … that’s how they impose and enforce in a pack.
One should never leave a child walking alone a dog. Do not trust a dog to a person he would not accept authority. And even less to walk the dogs by children as seen in some shelters run by people full of goodwill but totally unconscious. The safety of everyone who is not so assured, that of the child (a dog react aggressively to the authority of the child he refuses), the beings encountered (the dog escapes and causes a fight with another dog or a traffic accident) and also that of the dog itself (collision with a vehicle).
In any case, always evaluate the child-dog relationship and be vigilant. This implies never leave children alone with a dog, even one dominated. Children, lacking the knowledge of social rules of the dogs (which we seek to inculcate as soon as possible), will therefore conduct that will ignore. Bites on children in the home (and outside) have their origin mostly in the incomprehension of a dog by the attitude of the child.
The dog is an integral part of human life and this for several reasons: journeyman (lonely or not) health and dynamic (walking), openness to other services (low vision, warning, warning), rescue (sea, avalanches , missing persons) … We can not ignore it and live as if there were not. The education of children with social rules canines, even if there is no dog in the family, is desirable. They must be taught how to behave with a dog. This could be done in the early years of primary school.
Meeting a strange dog
The unexpected meeting
People who are afraid of dogs have a greater risk of being bitten by them. Fear causes aggression in dogs just like they believed that if you’re scared of them, because we have something to criticize them.
Faced with an aggressive dog, does not have an aggressive reaction in believing intimidating. Keep a dignified, calm and respectful towards her, do not look straight in the eye because some dogs take this for a challenge (it’s an attitude of domination). It must make him understand that his aggressiveness (whether motivated by his own fear or because he is defending a territory) is not justified. Do not let him see it inspires fear perhaps. If you accidentally entered an area which has custody or seen as such, it comes out without turning your back and unhurried. He speaks in a soft voice to calm.
If you are on neutral territory, you can try the gesture of the outstretched arm (high to avoid the risk of being bitten on the hand) to where you want the dog to go to make way. You can also try persuasion with the orders “shut up” and “down” (not aggressive, with a firmness “affectionate” in tone). If the dog is well educated, he will perhaps understand what we want. But in any case, do not engage in unnecessary power struggle whose outcome will probably not be to our advantage.
The meeting welcomed
Do not rush towards him, much less crying (this for children), do not lean toward him (keep your head up high) and stay calm. If we want to make him a hug, you should check before any signs of the denial of contact: ears folded back, the hair bristling on the back, grunting or simply the diversion of head. The look of the dog must be frank. Attention in relation to him is: look in the eye is a sign of domination. Some dogs do not like it at all. Where a sign of rejection or aggression occurs, we will not insist. The small dogs are not worse than the large but they are more nervous and very often have an inferiority complex because of their size. This may make them more aggressive as well vis-à-vis large dogs than humans (statistically, Dachshunds are the most biting!).
If it is possible to get better acquainted, we slowly introduce the hand (left if right handed and vice versa) in the dog to sniff. Without bending or keeping your head out of the reach of the jaws, the back of the hand to be introduced slowly, vertically, fingers folded. Let the dog sniff the hand and the time he wants, he gives no sign of rejection, approach slowly the hand of his cheek or stroking his chin and there and especially not on top of the head, in any case at this stage presentations. Indeed, a dog mounted on the back of another to whom he wants to impose its domination. The hand on the head could be interpreted as a sign of domination, and if the dog is a dominant, he may not appreciate it from a stranger. And we talk to the dog in a gentle voice and kind. No matter what he says, since it does not understand human language, it is the intonation of the voice that counts.
The meeting of the master and his dog with another person
The dog “good about yourself” should not be worried of a human encounter. No sign of aggressiveness of the interviewee, he must, even if he is aware and on guard against a stranger, keep a neutral attitude. That, again and again, the master control: it is the behavior of his master that the dog will know what to understand from this meeting. One can imagine then, that people under stress, worried, anxious will, because anxiety is highly contagious, dogs lack confidence and therefore if not more anxious than their masters. And an anxious dog is a dog potentially aggressive.
The people we meet, if they do not have dogs, will probably not be introduced to the canine social rules and the teacher must be attentive to that.
The meeting of the master and his dog with another dog
If the dog is also met on a leash, even if not of atoms hooked together, the risk is not great. Just do not let them approach each other. Anyway, a well-behaved dog should sit at the foot of his master when it stops working (this should be automatic without notice).
Met and if the dog is not leashed? If they sniff (it’s their way of getting to know) without aggression, we can not let one minute more. Then, walk normally again.
By cons, if aggressive, it will immediately release the leash (see below how to keep it). Do not try to remove the necklace because it takes time and is not easy with a dog nervous and jumping. And leaves a trailing edge: the leash is a symbol of authority of the master and then indicates to the dog, it is totally free in his movements, it is not free of that authority.
So we drop the leash for two reasons:
- Because a dog of good size risk, jumping, falling to the person at the other end and the battle likely to be near her, it can be pushed or take a bite lost;
- Because a dog is tied at a disadvantage and that it multiplies its aggressiveness. Once detached, the dog will feel free to defend himself, he will calm down and, generally, it also calm the other dog that sees the balance of power back to a less favorable ratio.
The media dog
Everyone knows that the dog has a keen sense of smell: a million times more than the man! It’s his best sense. For him, the smells are marks, signs of recognition, marks, tags, … Tastes dogs are not the same as those of humans. A delicious smell for humans may be awful for a dog and vice versa. Have you ever seen a dog roll with delight in a dung?
The dog’s hearing is two times finer than human. The dog perceives frequencies more than two times higher and collects the same ultrasound. In addition to the oral and gestural mode, one can use a whistle ultrasound to guide dog while in use is more delicate. The dog hears so many orders properly articulated his master.
The dogs’ eyes are placed laterally giving them a better panoramic view. They have poor eyesight closely, right from one or two meters to ten meters. But this varies according to race. Shepherd dogs used since the dawn of time to watch the flocks in large spaces can see the movement of sheep over one kilometer. But they do not see that anything that moves. They have good vision at night and would very much green and other colors very poorly.
The bark is the language of the dog. A human is not necessarily dangerous when he speaks or even cry. It is natural that a dog barks to say something (her joy, her sorrow, fear, anguish) to alert (he heard a noise that seems suspicious or he announces the arrival of someone), to prevent an intruder is spotted it (it was found that neighborhoods where there are dogs are less frequented by burglars who prefer discretion). … But we must not tolerate endless barking or without cause. We must seek the cause and find a cure.
Holding the leash
- Put your thumb in the air and pass the loop.
- Rotate the wrist so that the leaves over the top of the hand and then back into the palm.
- Close your fingers.
And held the leash is not likely to escape a sudden tension and does not require the clamping force. Another advantage: it allows the dropping emergency as soon as you open your fingers, leaving the left hand not stay hooked.
Many people choose to walk their dog on the left to unleash the right hand.
Education and the dog must first pass through the education of master. Social rules of dog are different from those of humans. The dog can not understand those of humans. The teacher must know the social rules of the dogs, respect and use them for the happiness of his companion and that his behavior is consistent with the rules of life among humans.