One would expect to find many behavioral differences between all the different dog breeds. After all they appear to be very different, but they do share quite an amount of character traits.

There are over 800 different breeds registered in the Western world alone. Even knowing that sometimes it is difficult to distinguish from one breed to the other this variety is amazing, because only a dozen human 'breeds' exists.

People started domesticating dogs 8000 years B.C. Experts agree that the ancestor of our dog is the wolf. From an evolutionary standpoint 10.000 years is nothing. This is why we still see dog behavior that is very much related to wolf behavior.

Dogs like to explore:

Dogs teach themselves by exploring the terrain, very much like young infants. Funny enough it is thought that a dog has the same brain capacity as a 2 year old kid. As they learn by trial and error things might get damaged in the house. Dogs don't understand the difference between a precious carpet and grass. I recommend therefore that you train your dog to play with special dog toys. You should further teach him what acceptable behavior is in his new family.

I advise you to select special dog toys that are different from children's toys to make it easy for your dog to know what to play with. Dogs not only recognize an object by shape, but also by scent, so even if you decide to give him a tennis ball he will be capable of differentiation between the one you use for playing tennis and his. But all the same, the more the toys differ, the better it is.

Your dog likes to dig. All dogs like to dig. That's why you shouldn't let him unsupervised in the garden, because if not your lawn will look like a desert in no time. Think about protecting your flowers with cayenne pepper. That at least will save them from destruction.

They are scavengers:

Dogs will eat deer droppings, even when they are on a perfect diet. They'll chew on dead rats, eat grass and ingest a wide variety of things that can even do harm to their stomachs. And they'll repeat the behavior again and again.

Dogs have a very limited capacity to understand consequences now with the cause in the past. Be careful when you take your dog out for a walk and make sure he can't eat anything what's bad for him.

Recognize your dog's nature, and work with it rather than against it. Enjoy all their positive things, such as spontaneous dog hugs, paw shaking or when he lays his head down on your lap. Those are just a few of the rewards for being a responsible owner.

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