If you have recently adopted a shelter dog or are considering doing so than this article is for you. One of the most common behavioral problems that you will experience when bringing home a shelter dog is extreme hyperactivity.
When a dog is hyperactive it is usually the result of the combination of living a long life of boredom mixed with his nerves ? all due from experiencing high anxiety levels. When your dog was in the shelter then he probably used pacing and loud whining as a favorite past time. If you think about how long they are locked up and with so little to do, it is understandable why this hyperactive behavioral problem comes into existence.
If you are having trouble with your dog’s behavior when it comes to barking at the mailman, shredding the mail that is dropped at the door, or even displaying overly aggressive behavior such as chasing down and biting the mailman, then below are a few training tips that can help you change your dog’s behavior:
Leave A Dog Treat For The Mailman
This may sound odd, but this little trick has worked many times for dogs that seemed to get overly angry whenever the mailman comes. When a dog realizes that there is a tasty treat awaiting for them then they tend to become a little friendlier. You can even discuss this with your mailman to let him know what you are doing.
Did you know that some dogs cannot stand the feeling of people rubbing and grabbing at their ears? While it’s true that the ears can be a soft spot for many dogs, which when rubbed will make a dog melt like butter, but on the other end of the spectrum there are dogs which become very aggressive if their ears are touched.
For these dogs, the feeling of having their ears rubbed would be like a stranger coming up to you and start patting you on your back and rubbing her neck. I don’t know about you, but that would make me feel very uncomfortable! These dogs are not being snobbish or anything like that, it’s just that dogs may have different approaches to relating to one another, and towards humans too.
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