Training Your Puppy – Start By Winning His Respect And
Confidence The basis of training any animal is winning its
trust, confidence and respect. True training cannot begin until
the animal has accepted you as its leader, respects you and
entrusted you with his or her confidence. The mistake many puppy
owners make is mistaking love and affection for respect and
confidence. While it is certainly important to love your new
puppy, it is also very important that the puppy respect you and
see you as his leader. Dogs are naturally pack animals, and
every dog looks to the lead dog for advice and direction. Making
yourself the pack leader is vital to the success of training any
dog. Failure to gain the respect of the dog can create a dog who
is disobedient, out of control and even dangerous. Problem dogs
are dangerous, whether they are created through bad breeding,
owner ignorance or improper training. It is important to train
the dog right from the start, since retraining a problem dog is
much more difficult than tra