Content
- Specific times
- Canine Skills, Training and Mental Stimulation
- daily socialization
- Be careful if your dog...
- playtime
- Accept moments of solitude
- Tours tailored to your pace
A lot has been written about people's habits and positive routines, but what about our animals' routines? Since we have domesticated wild dogs and cats, has this question ever arisen? Are the routines that develop the right to live in society?
In this article by PeritoAnimal we want to talk about the positive habits and routines for the dog who must live in a human society. We will inform you about everything you need to know to help you and make your daily life more complete.
Specific times
Following specific times when taking the walks, offering food or when going out to play, it will be essential for our dog to have a stable and calm behavior. Instinctively, puppies know what time to eat and when to complain to their owners to go out for a walk. Fulfilling your basic needs in an orderly manner will help you organize your life and that of your best friend.
Canine Skills, Training and Mental Stimulation
Teaching your puppy the basic training orders will be critical to your safety and for a better communication with him. However, once learned, many owners stop working with their dogs. This is a serious error.
It is very important to mention that providing our puppy with mental stimulation is essential to be happy and his brain to be constantly stimulated. You can use intelligence toys (board type) or kong, but the truth is that it is also important to work on the different canine skills, better known as tricks. A dog that works daily with its owner will be much happier and you will know how to relate to him in a much more positive way.
daily socialization
Following a correct socialization routine with other dogs and people is essential. Since its ancestors, the dog conserves its social nature that is based on the hierarchy among the members of a pack. All groups, human or animal family, count as a pack. We know that what they learn in the puppy's socialization phase makes it better adapt to different environmental changes and in this way it learns to tolerate its secondary role before its human leader. all dogs should be able relate daily with other individuals, regardless of their species. Puppies that have not been properly socialized can suffer from behavior problems in their adult life such as fear, reactivity or introversion.
Be careful if your dog...
You animals adopted in their adult phase usually have a defined personality towards other animals and/or people, it will be the responsibility of your new one to readaptation in the social environment in which they have to live. A dog's habit of getting along with people and animals will open doors to almost any home and a long, happy life. Whenever it is not possible to live a normal life, remember that you can consult a specialist.
Although your dog is not adopted, a bad experience or poor socialization can become a aggressive or reactive dog with other dogs and/or people or environment. This type of behavior creates tension in the family and makes daily socialization difficult, since we cannot take them anywhere, limits their freedom and can lead to frustration on the part of the owners. You must work hard at this point.
playtime
All dogs should be able to enjoy at least 15 or 30 minutes of fun daily in freedom, such as playing ball with him in the park. This habit is essential to help you release stress and enrich your daily life in a positive way.
However, dogs must learn to differentiate between what is playing and what is not. practically all dogs destroy something of value to their owners at some point in their life, especially when they are puppies. We must not let this be habitual behavior. They must learn to recognize their toys and those that never were, nor will be.
To end this habit, it is essential to interpret why you do it, if it is because we leave you alone 12 hours a day, you can do it to get our attention. Some dogs prefer to be scolded rather than ignored. It can also happen that you don't have enough toys.
Ideally, puppies enjoy an active outdoor game (ball, frisbee, running) and indoors they can play with different teethers and toys. Positively reinforcing it when using them will be essential to understand that you should use these objects and not our shoes.
Accept moments of solitude
When it comes to puppies, accepting moments of solitude as positive habits and routines for the puppy is often more difficult. Before reaching us, the puppy was separated from his mother and brothers and, even though it is complicated for us and for him, the little one must learn to be alone and overcoming separation anxiety. To do this, start by leaving him alone for small periods of time and in this way, you will be able to strengthen his confidence and emotional tranquility.
No dog should be condemned to solitude, remember that they are social animals that live in packs, so company is necessary. If they are aware that they will only be alone for a period of time (never get over 8 hours of solitude), the answer to this habit will never be negative. In the long run, they'll be able to entertain themselves, whether playing, sleeping, or looking out a window, with enough peace of mind that we'll be back and not, that they've been abandoned.
However, if we leave our dog alone for too many hours, some behavioral problems may appear, such as debris, running away or howling. They can also appear if we don't properly meet our partner's basic needs.
Tours tailored to your pace
Within the habits and positive routines for the dog, we also find the moment of the walk. As you may know, puppies need to go out into the street to do your needs, but also to keep on relating with other dogs and people. It is a fundamental part of your daily life and essential to have a happy life.
Also, during the tour the dogs relax sniffing objects, urine and plants of all kinds. Allowing this behavior is very important, as long as our puppy has up-to-date vaccinations. Otherwise, you may run the risk of falling ill.
Don't forget to adapt your walking pace: elderly puppies, puppies, short-legged dogs and those who are sick will need a quiet and relaxed walk, as will the molossoid breeds (Pug, Boxer, Boston Terrier, Dogue de Bordeaux, among others). On the other hand, terriers or lebrel types will enjoy a more active walk combined with physical exercise.
