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Understanding Dogs through Boundaries
For many people, the whole “pack” or “pack leader” concept of working with dogs makes sense on a conscious level, but they don’t seem to quite get it to click when they work with their dog. They want to be the pack leader, but for some reason the dog still seems to push them [...]
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Understanding the Pack Mentality of Dogs
One of the most famous phrases in dog training these days is to behave like the “pack leader.” Why is this catching on so well? In principle, it’s because this is the correct way to look at human-dog relationships. Dogs respond best when you are the leader of your household and that [...]
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Should You Really Be the “Leader” For your Dog?
With the success of Cesar Millan’s “The Dog Whisperer” on the National Geographic channel, a lot of people are taking to the idea of becoming the “pack leader,” which is a way of viewing human-dog relationships. From this perspective, your house or family is actually a pack, and you – the owner – are [...]