Your kids always keep begging for you to get them a puppy for them to look after. This is a good idea if you know something about dogs in the first place. It is no good saying that you know when they are happy because they wag their tails.

It is always advisable to know something about any pet that you decide to look after.

Wild dogs would be similar to their cousins the wolves. They will tend to hunt and run in packs with one leader. This leader would be the alpha male.

The domesticated dog is no different in the respect that it will look after its family, or pack and its territory.

Do not assume that because you are the bread winner of the house that you will be the alpha male. A dog considers the alpha male to be the one that takes care of them. This could be your partner or even your kids if they look after the dog all the time.

If your kids tend to look after the dog all the time then it will consider one of those the alpha male. The same can be said of its territory. If the dog thinks that the home is its territory then it is natural to assume that it will bark when a stranger approaches the house.

Dogs have a tendency to urinate to mark their own territory. Dogs can tell a lot about other dogs by smelling their urine. If a large dog smells some urine marking a territory and they can tell that it is from a small dog they could in fact urinate over the top of this to claim the territory for themselves.

If your dog has strayed onto another dog’s territory then try to get it away from there before there is any trouble with a rival dog.

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