An Insecure Dog -- Training Your Dog To Be More Assertive!

There are a lot of people who have pets and allThe best way to deal with the aggressive
these people have different problems rangingproblem is to stop it dead in its tracks. Dog usually
from their pet always barking at people whenare aggressive because they think that they are
they pass by to being as quiet as a mouse andbeing threatened by whatever they are barking
for any reason. The funniest and least funny of allat. This is usually caused by you the owner
these problems is when your dog won't seem tobecause the reason for this is that he thinks he is
want to sleep somewhere else besides your bedthe leader in your household. He has been given
and oddly enough your side of the bed on top ofenough power and leeway to feel as though you
that. There can be many solutions to all theseshould be following him so any attempts to silence
types of problems and they will not always workhim will go on deaf ears so to speak. The best
for every person but this article is for theway to silence this kind of issue is to show him
purpose of taking the time to address this quitethat you mean business and that you are the
irritating issue. Thinking about it this can be causedleader in this household and not him.
by many different issues such as insecurity to aThere are a lot of animals that in the wild before
dominance problem. It is your job as a dog ownerthey were domesticated ran in a pack mentality.
to be able to tell the difference between the two.This means that in a pack mentality there is only
For example, if it were a dominance problem youone leader and it is usually the one who is the
would see other signs besides the sleeping on thestrongest in the pack. He relates this mentality to
bed issue. You might see aggressiveness orthe home and sees that he is stronger than you.
constant barking but as it may seem these twoWith that in mind you need to take back that
signs usually go hand in hand with a scared dog.leadership role and show him that you are the
Also if you were dealing with a insecurity problemleader. This is the quickest way to silence your
than you might notice that your dog is alwaysdog and to have some kind of confidence that he
scared and has his tail down constantly. It mightwont one day turn violent whether it be towards
help him to sleep in your bed as security or simplyyou or to someone else outside.
because it makes him feel safer than sleepingWhen we talk next time I want to address the
alone. This problem is a lot more common thansecond part of this article which will apply to dogs
people think.that suffer from insecurity issues.