What are we trying to accomplish when we correct a dog? Do we want to make the dog submissive to us? Are we trying to show the dog that we’re displeased with his behavior? Do we want the dog to feel guilty or ashamed over what he has done or how he is behaving? I [...]
Loading...
Posts Tagged ‘behavior’
Why Do Good Dogs Do Bad Things?
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009Question: if dogs are social by nature as Natural Dog Training claims them to be, how could a dog ever do something “anti-social?” Answer: because emotion must move.
A brief primer on emotion:
Emotion is energy. And as pure energy, before it becomes entangled in the higher processes of the nervous system and either [...]
Why Do Dogs Wag Their Tails?
Monday, June 1st, 2009Why do dogs wag their tails? The quick answer is that a dog wags its tail for a reason which seems self-evident enough, being that it’s the tell-tale mark of a friendly dog. Indeed, anyone who’s stood near the pounding tail of a prototypical friendly breed, such as a Labrador Retriever, can take a veritable [...]
Why Do Dogs Zoom-zoom-zoom Around the House?
Monday, June 1st, 2009Behaviorists call the syndrome of a dog running helter-skelter around the yard, or zooming from room to room in the house “frequent, random activity periods (FRAPS). However this is a profound misnomer because there’s nothing random about this activity. When a dog goes zoom-zoom-zoom it is actually fear coming to the surface so that it [...]
