Dog: Submissive and Excitement Urination
Submissive urination is a fear-related appeasement behavior that happens when a dog feels
threatened—regardless of whether or not the threat is real or only exists in the dog’s head.
Submissive urination is a fear-related appeasement behavior that happens when a dog feels
threatened—regardless of whether or not the threat is real or only exists in the dog’s head.
Stay is one of the most useful commands you can teach your dog. You can use it to keep your dog from overwhelming visitors to your house, prevent begging at the table, get your dog out from
underfoot while you tend to household chores, or to make it easier to bring your dog to public places.
This one is a must and a behavior any dog can learn. A staple of all good dog manners, sitting when asked can help with polite greetings and as a first step to learning many other behaviors.
For many dogs, sitting becomes their way of saying “please” when they would like you to throw a ball or open a door.
Repetitive behavior— or the clinical name “stereotypic behavior”—is a normal behavior
performed in a repetitive and compulsive manner. We don’t know if dogs obsess the way
humans do, so we can’t call these behaviors obsessive compulsive.
Coming when called is one of the most important commands your dog can learn from both a
usefulness and safety standpoint. Dogs don’t automatically come when called— regardless of how much they love and respect you.
Dogs bark for a number of reasons: people walking by, other dogs, boredom, frustration, and loneliness, for example. Some types of barking can be redirected and controlled with the quiet command.
Socialization is the process by which your puppy learns to be comfortable with all the things in her environment. If this sounds like a big project, it is.
The sheer amount of biting and mouthing your puppy subjects you and your clothing to can be
shocking, even a little alarming. The good news, however, is it’s normal and healthy behavior,
and not in any way an indication your puppy will grow up to be aggressive.
Chewing is a normal and important activity for puppies and adult dogs. Lifetime habits form early and puppies need guidance in learning what is theirs to chew and what is not.