Obedience training at stay, and notes about mentaly and castration.

Stop and the recall is the first a dog should learn. The alternative to "stay" is "lay" as practiced only when the dog is over a year old. The command trainees and practices with voice sign or whistle. The basis is to get the dog to lay down, with all that training it involves. A development may be that the dog should stay standing at command, but there can be problems with accuracy, but it is not impossible.

STAY! Call the dog with the command "come" and when the dog is in front of you command "stay". When the dog has stopped and has eye contact, give praise! A variant that is effective for maintaining obedience is that you have a throw object in your hand. When you stretch your hand up and give stay command, throw the object and command "yes" as soon as the dog stopped and looked at you.

Stops the dog not immediately you will give a no command, taking a few quick steps forward and with your hand, from the bottom up under the chin, ensures that it will stop immediately. Simultaneous with this correction gives you one more stop command. And never give after at the requirement for an immediate stop. The problems of immediate stop can be many; the dog had late feral contact, and the dog has now become tougher than in the puppy stage. Then a sharp “NO” command does not help. You have to get the dog to show submission, and not wag its tail. Any attempt to persecution of feral, cat or anything else should always be stopped with the command "stop"!

If it goes wrong sometime, when the dog is too far away, wait until you have the sinner with you again. Run the training exercise a few times at close range; then with fairly sharp corrections at the slightest sign of disobedience. After that, release the dog a ten-fifty meters and give the command again. When it works perfectly you have to give much praise.

The dog's mentality

In a combination of state of mind and different demands on the dog, we have with praise, motivation and rewards, and sometimes unconditional demands led it to accept its place in the human herd. There is also an ongoing process since we humans have been so difficult to live in the present. The dog always live in the present.

Virtually all our breed dogs are originally formed to be the man instrumental in different situations. A hunting dog breeding have been bred for generations to hunt, working dog breeding has selected on dogs who are active and willing to work, and for the typical companions dogs often have the look, but also adaptability, has been important.

Different breeds have different needs

Think about what you hope for and expect from your dog ownership. Are you interested in training, maybe compete, that is, are you ready to make your dog to your hobby? Or are you primarily looking for a companion who on the whole is happy if it gets to hang with the family through thick and thin?

Think about your own knowledge and the resources you are willing to put in to educate and train your dog. Be realistic when choosing a breed of dog. All dogs require time and dedication, but some breeds require substantially more than others. Is it really a great, consuming, labor-hungry dog that would fit best in your family?

Differences between individuals

Although one can say that there are characteristics that are typical of certain breeds of dogs, differs mentality between individuals.

It is important that a dog work well in everyday life. Our society today demands on dogs' behavior and it requires that they are both harmonious and balanced.

Trust and confidence generates success, brutality creates fear and back again!

The castration of male dogs can be a necessity

The most common reasons for male dogs in Sweden are castrated are to make them infertile, for medical reasons or for to get rid of unwanted behaviors (natural or unnatural mentally disturbed).

It is not unusual that the castrated male is bullied by other dogs. It seems that the other dogs cannot identify the castrated dog sex which can make them confused. He has become something of a integender. Some other dogs may react with aggression, insecurity or riding.

The behavior in males which may be affected by castration, they are sexually connected. There are few studies on the effectiveness of castration.

1. Aggression between male dogs (competition for females).

2. Roaming (roam around and smell / look for females and rival males).

3. Escaping to look for females.

4. Sexually riding.

5. Stress on the basis of sexual operation has decreased in the castrate.