If your dog is not listening to your commands, may be your training is not the cause. It could be that your dog has an alpha personality and he is challenging your position as a leader. Learning how to manage the alpha dog may take time but is worthwhile in order to establish a lasting and caring relationship.
What is an alpha dog? In any dog or wolf pack, the leaders are known as alphas. There are two alphas, an alpha male and an alpha female. They tend to be the most aggressive and dominant and the other dogs follow their lead. All animals within that pack know their position relative to the other dogs.
The position any animal in the pack establishes everything from eating order to the right to mate. In a dog pack, the alpha female is the one who has the puppies and all other females take care of the puppies. In a wild canine pack, the more dominant dogs eat first and the less dominant dogs eat after them.
A human family becomes the surrogate pack for a dog. Therefore, a dog will take a position within the family pack. If a dog is less dominant he will be easier to discipline and will be more inclined to allow you to take the lead. If the dog is an alpha however, he may try to challenge your position as leader of the pack. Keep in mind that if you're female, a male alpha dog may take more work than a female dog. This is because even if you show alpha behavior, he still may think he should lead, just because he is male.
Because canine behavior is so deeply ingrained, you may want to train your dog taking this into account. You can educate him much quicker by communicating in his language. This does not mean you need to learn how to bark or replicate animal behavior, it simply means that you combine dog communication with standard obedience techniques.
Feed your dog last since lowest pack members eat last. Feeding the dog teaches it that it must please you in order to earn its meals. Lastly, petting it on top of the head shows that you are in charge because that is what a dominant dog does to other dogs lower in the hierarchy of the pack. You can also teach your dog to shake a paw. Submissive dogs will raise their paws and stroke the air to show they understand they are less important. And last but not least, teach your dog to roll onto its back so that it is forced to show its throat and belly to you. That is the most submissive gesture a canine can make.
By combining these tricks, you may find that your dog relaxes and accepts that you are in charge of the pack. Hopefully this starts a new era with your companion, now he listens and obeys you.
About the author: Daniel Varena is an expert on dogtraining and on his website i-perros.com you can find all sorts of tips. He also offers dog food online like alimento para perros and pienso para perros.
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