What is Alpha Dog?
What does Alpha the word Alpha means? Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In general, it means the first one, or the strong one. Alpha Dog means to be the leader or the dominance over your dog.
Some history about dog
Wolf are the ancestor of today’s dog. Deep within the psyche of your dog lies instincts they have retained from their wild ancestors. Wolf are pack animal and they live by rules and have a social structure. You will often see that in the movies related to “werewolf” such as “Blood and Chocolate”. The entire pack will be lead under a single leader. The leader will enjoy and eat first, then only followed by the rest of the pack.
Take note: When your dog growls at you when he is eating, he is saying “I am the leader, and you must wait.” Dog owner must learn to train your dog dog not to have this behaviour.
Why is Alpha Dog important?
It is important that the owner be the Alpha Dog because you don’t want your dog to be overpower you and do not follow your command. This will lead to a lot of behavioral problem and training difficulties in the future. Start early to exercise Alpha Dog when you first bring home the puppy. Once you establish this relationship, your dog will seek you out. He will want to be with you and will treat you with respect and affection. After he learns to submit to handling, all other tasks such as grooming, nail clipping, cleaning ears, and medicating will be easier to accomplish. But first he must learn that you have the power to handle him, and that handling will not lead to any harm. He must come to trust you entirely.
How to learn to be the Alpha Dog?
1. Never let your dog start growling at your or your children. Growling represent their intention to be dominant over you.
2. Leader always walk through the door first - if your dog rushes out when you open the door, use leash and tell him “No” and ask him to “Wait”. You walk in, then only permit him to follow from the back.
3. Avoid to let your dog sleep on the same bed with you. This is important to conform your Alpha status. Place the dog’s bed on the floor beside your bed will be the best.
4. Increase socialize activities such as bring him to the park or introduce to the neighborhood who also enjoy dog’s company. Let you dog familiarize, respect and love to be around with people.
5. Try not to over baby your dog. He need to learn and explore himself and be independent. You may not be with him 24 hours. When he acts afraid of something that he should not be afraid of, tell him it’s okay and show him the object or person. Your confidence will make him a confident and dependable dog. If you feed his imaginary fears, he will become a snappy and untrustworthy dog. He may also develop fear aggression.
6. What is fear aggression? An example of fear aggression could be a dog that sits in its owner’s lap and growls at people or other animlas. He will continue to do that if you pet him and say “It’s okay” at this time. The correct method is to tell him no and put him down off your lap. If you do not handle fear aggression properly, your dog will become snappy when children or other people try to pet him. So it is very important to use the right method.
7. Do not play tug of war with your puppy. Play fetch and tell them to release the ball gently. Pass him a treat or another toy to exchange if he doesn’t drop.
8. Spend time to play with your dog. Train him and love him like of your own children. Once you decided to rear a dog, you have the full responsibility as the mother and raise a good child. Bad dog behavior is failure of owner’s proper training.
