190. The alpha female commands the sneezing Cocker Spaniel not to bite the vet.
Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore
The Cocker Spaniel's back hairs stood up stiff. He widened his lips. His eyeballs rolled upwards. He snapped at the vet's hand and missed. He would bite again if given another chance. He was less than one year old but he hates vets. Hates vets for the injections.
What to do with this Cocker Spaniel's rage? There is a syndrome called Cocker Spaniel's rage. Is this the beginning of such a syndrome?
His owner was tall and above the average build of the Singaporean girl or woman. Fortunately for me. She spoke to the Spaniel firmly but more like a friend. She told me she had kept dogs as a child when Beach Road and Raffles Hotel were next to the sea.
For this Cocker Spaniel, she behaved as the alpha female. However, I asked her to grip the puppy's muzzle with her hand to stop him from sudden bites. She should give a firm command of "No biting" but she did not. She looked at the puppy in the eyes.
She was firm in her disapproval of biting. The puppy was still easy to train. Another few months at the hands of a less strong woman, this puppy would be bite all vets in the world.
The owner behaved like the alpha male, a leader of the pack. The Spaniel had respect for her and so the vet was not bitten.
The dog behaved. I gave him the injection.
From the first day after going to the new home, all members of the family must act as alpha males or females. In the wild, there is always an alpha male or female leading the group of dogs. Without this leader, the dogs would not be able to survive.
When the puppy goes to a human family, he looks for a leader, an alpha male or female. If nobody shows him how to behave or how to toilet-train, he begins to dominate every member of the family, messing up the whole house and biting everybody whenever he is not happy.
So, on the first day home, all members of the family should be an alpha male or female. Unfortunately, only one member may behave in an alpha way and so the puppy grows up not respecting the others.
The Cocker Spaniel's back hairs stood up stiff. He widened his lips. His eyeballs rolled upwards. He snapped at the vet's hand and missed. He would bite again if given another chance. He was less than one year old but he hates vets. Hates vets for the injections.
What to do with this Cocker Spaniel's rage? There is a syndrome called Cocker Spaniel's rage. Is this the beginning of such a syndrome?
His owner was tall and above the average build of the Singaporean girl or woman. Fortunately for me. She spoke to the Spaniel firmly but more like a friend. She told me she had kept dogs as a child when Beach Road and Raffles Hotel were next to the sea.
For this Cocker Spaniel, she behaved as the alpha female. However, I asked her to grip the puppy's muzzle with her hand to stop him from sudden bites. She should give a firm command of "No biting" but she did not. She looked at the puppy in the eyes.
She was firm in her disapproval of biting. The puppy was still easy to train. Another few months at the hands of a less strong woman, this puppy would be bite all vets in the world.
The owner behaved like the alpha male, a leader of the pack. The Spaniel had respect for her and so the vet was not bitten.
The dog behaved. I gave him the injection.
From the first day after going to the new home, all members of the family must act as alpha males or females. In the wild, there is always an alpha male or female leading the group of dogs. Without this leader, the dogs would not be able to survive.
When the puppy goes to a human family, he looks for a leader, an alpha male or female. If nobody shows him how to behave or how to toilet-train, he begins to dominate every member of the family, messing up the whole house and biting everybody whenever he is not happy.
So, on the first day home, all members of the family should be an alpha male or female. Unfortunately, only one member may behave in an alpha way and so the puppy grows up not respecting the others.
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