Pet Tips :As many times as I try to convince myself my pets aren't in charge, I know they have me wrapped around their paws (luckily I picked submissive breeds)... but sometimes this gets out of the human hand and can be a BAD thing. If you look up wild pack behavior and the subtle signs of your pet trying to prove their alphaness in your home, you'd be shocked to know that half of what we perceive as friendly PET gestures is them trying to prove they are in charge.
When your pet leans on you, shoves it's head in your lap, nips at you for attention, begs to be fed FIRST, humps your leg "ewwww"... these are NOT as simple, sweet or even funny as they may seem... once you know why they act this way. This IS ordinary pack behavior and their way of proving they are in charge. If allowed to go on, these behaviors can turn to aggression, especially when children are involved. Dogs do their best to make humans their pack, but we are in charge of the order. To resolve or prevent this problem, you shouldn't pet your dog when it solicits attention, without first saying... sit, (lay) down, shake (any command your pet knows) this way you have made it clear you're not petting or feeding them because they've told you to. If you have children, more importantly than YOU as grown ups, they need to be taught this, because if your dog does not respect children like grown ups, they will try to treat them like pups... biting them to teach them their place in the pack, which doesn't mean the dog is bad if it has no clue the order of things and if everyone makes light of it humping the toddlers leg. It's never excusable when a pet injures a person, but more often than not it is our fault, whether we know it or not and in most instances, it's for lack of us humans not knowing that this is their way of communicating with us that they are the ALPHA... Not US!
LOOK up your favorite breed before you buy a pup and know as much as you can about what you have, because all dogs are different, temperament wise... and buying a chow chow puppy because it looks like it's a cute cuddly teddy bear is just asking for a problem later.
Not really wanting to pick on any particular breed... I will anyhow, because unlike some this one has maintained a disposition that makes it the only breed I wont groom. Over 90 % of stylists WONT touch a Chow Chow and even the vets with tranquilizers will send them away... saying so thoughtfully "find a pet stylist who will", when the owner says they've been told NO by 5 other pet grooming shops. If you have a Chow, you must learn to groom them yourselves, because the breeders have chosen to NOT breed out the aggression that makes them unacceptable by most people who'd pride themselves on accomplishing such a task.
It is totally up to breeders what the dogs maintain as far as their personality is concerned. With Dobies, Rotts, Boxers, English Bulldogs, and even some Pits, the aggression has been removed and most noticeably in the breeds well known for it, like Dobermans that were bred for the purpose of protecting us and had a reputation that was wicked a decade or so back. They are now a much tamer version and a much safer one for the strangers they encounter.
I personally am not afraid of any breed besides the Chow Chow. Pits are awesome pets and I'd defend them whole heartedly, because I've never met a people aggressive pit. Pits are known for their aggression towards other small animals and they were bred to be this way. Anyone owning a pit should not have children or other pets and if they do, it's only pure human ignorance that is making innocent animals get put to sleep on a daily basis and also the breeders who insist on maintaining this as one of the breeds negative features, all of which can be bred out by choosing to breed 2 non aggressive pits repeatedly, rather than the 2 most aggressive.
When your pet leans on you, shoves it's head in your lap, nips at you for attention, begs to be fed FIRST, humps your leg "ewwww"... these are NOT as simple, sweet or even funny as they may seem... once you know why they act this way. This IS ordinary pack behavior and their way of proving they are in charge. If allowed to go on, these behaviors can turn to aggression, especially when children are involved. Dogs do their best to make humans their pack, but we are in charge of the order. To resolve or prevent this problem, you shouldn't pet your dog when it solicits attention, without first saying... sit, (lay) down, shake (any command your pet knows) this way you have made it clear you're not petting or feeding them because they've told you to. If you have children, more importantly than YOU as grown ups, they need to be taught this, because if your dog does not respect children like grown ups, they will try to treat them like pups... biting them to teach them their place in the pack, which doesn't mean the dog is bad if it has no clue the order of things and if everyone makes light of it humping the toddlers leg. It's never excusable when a pet injures a person, but more often than not it is our fault, whether we know it or not and in most instances, it's for lack of us humans not knowing that this is their way of communicating with us that they are the ALPHA... Not US!
LOOK up your favorite breed before you buy a pup and know as much as you can about what you have, because all dogs are different, temperament wise... and buying a chow chow puppy because it looks like it's a cute cuddly teddy bear is just asking for a problem later.
Not really wanting to pick on any particular breed... I will anyhow, because unlike some this one has maintained a disposition that makes it the only breed I wont groom. Over 90 % of stylists WONT touch a Chow Chow and even the vets with tranquilizers will send them away... saying so thoughtfully "find a pet stylist who will", when the owner says they've been told NO by 5 other pet grooming shops. If you have a Chow, you must learn to groom them yourselves, because the breeders have chosen to NOT breed out the aggression that makes them unacceptable by most people who'd pride themselves on accomplishing such a task.
It is totally up to breeders what the dogs maintain as far as their personality is concerned. With Dobies, Rotts, Boxers, English Bulldogs, and even some Pits, the aggression has been removed and most noticeably in the breeds well known for it, like Dobermans that were bred for the purpose of protecting us and had a reputation that was wicked a decade or so back. They are now a much tamer version and a much safer one for the strangers they encounter.
I personally am not afraid of any breed besides the Chow Chow. Pits are awesome pets and I'd defend them whole heartedly, because I've never met a people aggressive pit. Pits are known for their aggression towards other small animals and they were bred to be this way. Anyone owning a pit should not have children or other pets and if they do, it's only pure human ignorance that is making innocent animals get put to sleep on a daily basis and also the breeders who insist on maintaining this as one of the breeds negative features, all of which can be bred out by choosing to breed 2 non aggressive pits repeatedly, rather than the 2 most aggressive.
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