- A dog has only one owner.
It is true that a puppy carries over the bond of attachment to a particular person, but he can have several masters, which are all people who have a hierarchical rank higher than his own.
- You have to talk harshly to a dog to be obeyed.
A dog can obey gestures, which shows that obedience does not depend on a firm voice. A soft, pleasant voice is even preferable, it will allow the dog to associate the order as a moment that can be pleasant.
- Upon arrival, the puppy must sleep in the place that will be assigned to him.
A puppy can sleep very well in its master's bedroom for a short week, during the transition from breeding, and be moved to a new location afterwards.
- You should never punish a dog with your hand
In nature, the mother of the puppies uses the mouth to reassure and appease her puppies, but also to sanction them. The hand can therefore be used as much to stroke a dog as to punish it. A dog knows very well whether to approach him to be obnoxious or to pet him. In either case, we don't approach a dog the same way: our gestures and facial expressions are different.
- The education of a dog should begin at 5/6 months.
Education and training are different things. Training, which consists of learning a job or a very specific task for the dog, requires a certain maturity in the animal and it is true that it cannot begin in the very first months. The education of a dog involves the establishment of rules of life and simple learning of orders for everyday life. Education should begin as soon as the puppy arrives home.
- We can leave the bowl to a self-regulating dog.
From a physiological point of view this is not a problem, but it is a mistake from a hierarchical point of view. A dog that eats when it wants to give it a dominant prerogative When the dog decides to eat just before its owners sit down to eat, it is the first to eat, so it is he who has the most important hierarchical status. regarding food.
