What People Need to
Know About Dog
Behavior
As the old adage goes,
Dogs are mans best friend.
However, there are times
when people just couldnt
understand why their
beloved dogs behave in a
different manner. Hence, it
is extremely important to
know the underlying reasons
why dogs sometimes behave
differently.
In fact, man could teach
his dog the most
appropriate behavior.
Experts say that dog
behaviors can be controlled
through proper
training.
Dog behaviors are
actually responses that are
mostly triggered by
environmental and social
factors. Hence, to control
these responses, the owner
should teach his dogs the
proper way to respond to
such elements.
Dog Bite
Statistics show that
almost 5 million people in
the U.S. are victims of dog
bites annually. This is
almost 2% of the total
population in the U.S.
Whats more, dog bites cases
rank as second most common
cause of emergencies in the
hospitals.
So, the question is: Why
dogs bite?
According to the
experts, the main reasons
why dogs may bite are the
following:
1. Excitement
When somebody plays with
his or her dog, the
tendency of the dog is to
get excited, and because
dogs dont have hands to use
when playing, they have the
tendency to use their mouth
to grasp things. When this
happens, there is the
tendency that the dog might
accidentally hurt
people.
2. Protection
Dogs can be very
possessive, so, whenever he
wants to protect something
that he owns, he will bite
whoever threatens to take
it away from him. Hence,
when people get near the
dogs property, the dogs
tendency is to bite to make
the person leave his
property alone.
3. Pain
When the dog is not
feeling well, he does not
understand why he is
feeling that way.
Therefore, when a person,
even if its his master,
touches him, he may think
that its the person who
causes the pain and so his
tendency is fight back by
biting.
4. Fear
Dogs get fear too. That
is why when somebody
startles him, the dogs only
known protection for itself
is to bite back.
So, the best thing to
avoid these situations is
to leave the dog alone. The
problem with so many people
is that they have this
tendency to always play
around with their dogs
without learning how and
when the dogs should be
left alone.
Like humans, dogs have
feelings too. When these
feelings are all mixed up,
their only known protection
for themselves is to bite
because they cannot
understand the situation
logically. Therefore,
people should know that in
order to avoid such
circumstances.
As they say, it really
pays to know
everything.
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