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If the dog has acquired bad habits, try to find out what could have been the cause for it and eliminate it.
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| ADVICE 346 |
| Dogs that destroy the house when they are left alone, do it because they get bored, they are frustrated or suffer from anxiety due to the separation. |
| Some customs such as herd chasing or aggressiveness toward other dogs are part of the dog's normal behavior, so they are difficult to beat, even when a slow, repetitive and coherent re-adaptation is usually successful. |
| COMPREHENSION AND PREVENTION |
| ADVICE 347 |
| In order to correct your dog's bad customs, it is important for you to understand first how it has acquired them. |
| Even if you think that your dog's behavior is unacceptable, for the dog, this is natural way of being. |
| ADVICE 348 |
| You should find out the reason or the cause whenever a problem is stated. Ask yourself why you find your dog's behavior unacceptable and if the dog is aware that you don't approve it. |
| ADVICE 349 |
| Try to find out if you can avoid this behavior, correct it or change it by yourself or you need a trainer. |
| ACCEPTABLE NATURAL BEHAVIOR |
| Chewing bones or toys that are bone shaped are normal activities of the dog's behavior. |
| ADVICE 350 |
| Chewing is a way of getting information and getting acquainted with the surrounding environment. |
| UNACCEPTABLE NATURAL BEHAVIOR |
| For a dog, chewing a shoe penetrated with human smell is a natural way of behaving, but it is unacceptable for people. |
| ADVICE 351 |
| You can avoid this bad custom from the beginning if you never give it old shoes to chew. Then the animal will learn to chew only the permitted objects, ignoring the rest. |
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| LEARNT BEHAVIOR |
| The fear of hands is a learnt behavior and it can happen if the dog has ever been hit. |
| ADVICE 352 |
| You can easily avoid shyness in front of hands, simply by never using them to punish the dog. |
| CHEWING WITH NO REASON |
| Many dogs enjoy chewing objects, braking newspapers into pieces and even taking the paper out of the walls. |
| ADVICE 353 |
| This desire of being "creative" needs an acceptable relief, such as chewing bones and toys. |
| DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR |
| Even when the destructive activity satisfies the dogs, it is unacceptable for people. If you give the dog too many toys, you are inciting it to destroy other objects. |
| ADVICE 354 |
| Limit the toy availability for the dog to two or three, but make them different from the other objects of the house so the dog can recognize them as proper. |
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