Alpha Dog-Teaching Your Puppy Who is The Pack Leader

It is important for you to quickly establish your position as the Alpha dog in your relationship with your puppy or your dog, to create the confidence and trust your pet will need in you, so you can have the best possible relationship with each other. When you are the puppy’s alpha leader, he will pay attention to you and be much easier to obedience train and for you to control unwanted behaviors, like puppy biting problems.

In nature, being members of a pack, puppies will learn how to behave from their interactions with the other members of the pack. Once you have adopted a puppy, you are now the alpha dog of his pack. Your puppy will need the guidance of you and your family so he can learn exactly where he fits in the hierarchy of your family an grow up to become a great addition to the family.

If you want to become the Alpha dog in your pack, you will need to avoid the common mistakes so many people make by trying to communicating with their dogs as if the dogs were humans. Mistakes in how you communicate with your dog can confuse your puppy and cause confusion that can lead to your puppy trying to demonstrate his own dominance-perhaps by growling at a family member over his food bowl. You can avoid problems like these, by demonstrating to your puppy who is the boss and letting him know he has to listen to the alpha leader. Obviously, if a puppy snaps or growls at you and your family he does not yet know his place, and your puppy’s aggression must be speedily corrected before he can become a real problem and bite someone.

It is smart to train a young puppy early on to be submissive, rather than wait until you have to retrain an older dog that has already become confused about who the alpha dog is in your pack. So, it makes good send for you to learn how to assume the Alpha dog position right away with your new pup.

It is natural for your puppy to test your relationship with aggressive rough playing, chasing and nipping at your ankles, or growling to protect his food at dinnertime. As the alpha leader, it is your responsibility to control your puppy if he is over zealous and too aggressive, to discourage him from future aggressive tendencies towards people.In order to become recognized as the alpha dog by your puppy, harsh methods aren’t necessary-but you do need to show some guidelines.

You need to know some tricks to making your puppy act submissively in order to show him who is in charge. Use these exercises to show your dog you are in charge.

One way to show your puppy who is dominant to is by holding him still and staring directly into his eyes until he calms down and completely relaxes. His relaxation is a sign that he recognizes your dominance.
Another good way to show dominance is to hold him upside down, while supporting his back and his head. Just like before, keep him in this position until he has become calm and submissive.
Another variation of this exercise is to hold the puppy down on the floor with one hand on his belly and one hand holding his neck, and then pushing a little bit. If he squirms, hold him still with your hands until the puppy becomes calm and submissive.
You can combine using the eye contact, the growling and the holding to really make your point if your puppy does not quickly submit.

You should repeat these types of exercise each time your puppy is acting aggressive and needs a reminder on who is the alpha dog around the house. Your consistency and fairness will be important to earning your puppy’s trust and respect and for him to recognize you as the alpha leader. After you have established yourself as the Alpha leader of your pack, your puppy will be well balanced and well behaved and a joy to take anywhere with you.

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