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 EARN RESPECT AND OBEDIENCE FROM YOUR DOG

The more you know about dog psychology, the better you will be able to connect with your canine companion!

Dogs are not humans. They are animals divided in breeds and each one has a unique behavior based on its experience.

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Before they receive love and affection, they need exercise, clear direction, and leadership. Giving them love alone doesn't create balance in their lives. Be a natural and accepted pack leader!

Rehabilitating a dog is not about "repairing" it. It's about you, the human team member, creating the intention for what you want, not what you’re feeling. Dogs pick up on feelings of fear, doubt, or worry – and they will move to fill them by attempting to become dominant. An unbalanced member will be excluded from the leadership.

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Earn your natural leadership degree. Gain respect as a human member of a canine pack.

Apply balanced and fair leadership every day, especially on your walk. The energy you're projecting internally is the message you're sending to your dog about your emotional state.

Dedicate at least 30-45 minutes of time to the dog’s walk in the morning. Let the dog know you have a consistent pattern and you expect it to follow. Utilize your dog's energy in a positive manner. No cell-phones, no music….just you and your dog.

Provide them healthy and balanced food; help them overcome their health challenges.

Respect their needs, privacy and intimacy. Learn how to reed their drives and emotional signals.

Let your pack understand that you understand their needs, and you are a necessary member because with your knowledge you can offer a strategy. 

Don't expect more from your dog(s) than your own children. Dogs need discipline, too. Give those rules, boundaries, and limitations as well as love and devotion.

Canine will chose you as their pack leader if you can prove that you mind and care for their needs and offer reasonable solutions in their everyday tasks.

Avoid nurturing your dog's fears or unstable mind. Imagine a successful scenario and hold it in your mind when dealing with your dog.

You are the source of your dog’s energy. You are the role model.

Challenge the dog's mind - dogs want to know what to do with their lives. They need to be shown how our constantly changing human environment works; they need to be guided and trained to coexist within our family system and our complicated rules and limitation.

Give your dog a breed specific duty; were he can unfold his talent and capabilities to the max. Dogs need "on" and "off" time to process their experience and recharge energy. Engage them fully in structured times together; then they can relax and avoid impatient or destructive behaviors.

Let the dog earn your affection. Once in a calm-submissive state, your love will intensify those qualities in your dog.

In exchange they offer you their talents and reflect your emotional state of mind and ground your excessive energy current. They can teach us how to live in the moment using our experience and our talent to plan the future. So you can become a balanced, strong effective human/animal pack member.

Get the knowledge you need to you reconnect with your canine companion and become a balanced, stable and adorable team.

You want to know how?

Come to one of Coice Pet Supply Locations and ask for 1o1 classes

Ask for Roman's Holistic Pet Training!

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