I am writing this and a series of article to help people have an enjoyable and relaxing time with their dog and owning their dog. It seems to me that there are too many people who have big problems with their dog, or with some aspect of their dogs’ behaviour and it impacts greatly on their whole life. This is a real shame as it is completely unnecessary. For example many dogs become aggressive when you open your front door or when they are eating or playing with their toys. It just sours the whole experience of owning a dog, but with just a little understanding of how a dog thinks you can change all that. Most of the time aggression can be easily stopped.

I have a really nice park near my house and I take my dog Toby there twice a day. As we walk around we meet many other dogs, most of which come charging up to him to greet him. Now most are really nice dogs and most of the owners are really nice people, but they must be suffering all sorts of problems at home with their dogs because it is very obvious that the dogs have no respect for their owners in the park. So it follows therefore that they will have no respect for their owners at home. Now I am sure that you realise that this park is not unique. It happens everywhere. Just have a look in your local park and see how many dogs are in front of their owners, or how many dogs run off and won’t come back to the owner without the owner running after them? How many dogs do you see whose owners can’t let them off the lead because they just know that they will never see them again? I have to admit that sometimes I get worried when some dogs approach us, because it is blatantly obvious that the owners have absolutely no control over their dogs.

I have to say that it doesn’t have to be like this. This series of articles will give you some hope that it is possible, that the experience that you have with your dog, can be rewarding and uplifting.

Just to conclude, I would like to mention dog training. Training your dog can be a rewarding experience for both you and your dog. Not only does it give you some control over your dog, but it also serves to create a bonding experience and should bring you and your dog closer together.

I hope that you have found the information here useful and interesting and the full version of this article is available on my website. I also recommend a training program, just follow the link on the home page.