'Talking Dogs'

By Terence Charles

An explanation of why dogs do what they do! What does your dog expect from you and your family, and what should you and your family expect from your dog? The basics of dog training and caring for the dogs welfare. Dog psychology, how different is it to human psychology and what does that mean to dog owners? What is the best type of equipment to use with your dog, Have you considered getting a 'Rescue Dog'? Does my dog really understand English/French/German? How about my dogs health? These questions and many more are answered in Talking Dogs'. plus a chapter just on tips and hints.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Terence Charles
• Release date: Jan 15, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370367795

Terence Charles

Retired from the Police Force and now living in Sydney Australia, Terence Charles served in both English and Australian Police Forces, gaining long experience in various Police Departments. These experiences included being a beat 'Bobby', a Police Dog Handler, a sharpshooter (police sniper) as a member of a Special Operations Group, and as a part of a Detective Team investigating everything from missing persons, woundings, break and enters and burglaries, paedophiles, to murders.

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TALKING DOGS

BY

Terence Charles

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Copyright © 2017 Terence Charles

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 9781980334880

ASIN: B0792LZCVH

To all the dogs of the world. We owe you an enormous debt.

To Police Dog Dusty in particular. You will remain with me forever.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to acknowledge the provision of the area of the Dan Mahoney Leash Free Dog Park by Parramatta Council, and the many regular users of the park, dogs and humans, that have made the lives of my dogs and myself pleasurable and worthwhile.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter One

Consider the Canine

Chapter Two

Communications with the Canine

Chapter Three

Canine Psychology

Chapter Four

Canine Equipment

Chapter Five

Canine Training

Chapter Six

Canine Health

Chapter Seven

Rescue Canines

Chapter Eight

Courageous Canines

Chapter Nine

Canine Super Senses

Chapter Ten

Canine Aggression

Chapter Eleven

Canine Showing

Chapter Twelve

Canine Wrinkles

Chapter Thirteen

About The Author

Chapter One

Consider The Canine

The dog, that wonderful canine companion of man with all of its diversity in size, temperament and breed has been with us since time immemorial. It may pay us to consider some of this marvellous animals origins and breeding when we invite them to become a part of ours and our families lives.

All dogs are canines regardless of their size, appearance or temperament. They are all descended from a single ancestor, the Wolf. From this beautiful animal they retain an important number of its canine characteristics and needs.

Of course like all creatures each dog is an individual with its own individual strengths and weaknesses, but despite this, dogs retain many canine characteristics.

All canines are pack animals, and within the pack there is a specific set of rankings.

The head or Leader of the pack is the Alpha Male, and the second in rank in the pack is the Alpha Female. Below these two leaders are the other members of the pack who either decide between them upon their own ranking, or their ranks are designated by the leaders.

The pack also has its requirements of its leaders. The packs leaders must be resourceful, and guide and sustain the packs needs. Important is the ability of the leaders to provide the pack with food and defend the pack and its young.

Leaders are expected to be calm, authoritative and resourceful or the pack will lose respect for them, and it will cause stress in the pack.

If the leaders are not respected this stress can be exhibited in several ways, and in some extreme cases there can even be physical challenges to the leadership.

In the home these same stresses can occur, and they may display themselves in various ways. The dog may test its pack leaders. Testing can result in outright disobedience, refusing to release ownership of an object, and even snapping and biting over possessions.

It's important to recognise these testing behaviours at the onset, and to rectify them before they become a bigger problem.

Sometimes a dogs initial ‘testing’ can be as simple as reacting to a command they know well differently. e.g. The dog lies down when the ‘Sit’ command is given. The dog may return very slowly and/or by an indirect route when the ‘recall’ command is given.

These initial tests may seem trivial, but to the canine they are as blatant as asking you, ‘Are you still in charge?'

It’s advisable for the leader/owner to intervene during these early simple testing stages to reinforce the leadership role, and forestall any further, or more difficult displays of testing.

I will repeat the statement about a leader being expected to be calm.