Dog Owner’s ABC’s
- Always greet your dog with a smile.
- Begin each day with a friendly chat.
- Call your dog by name.
- Deal with your dog’s needs promptly and positively.
- Each dog needs frequent positive reinforcement.
- Find your dog’s individual needs and fulfill them as completely as possible.
- Go the extra mile with your dog. It guarantees commitment and loyalty.
- Hear what your dog says to you; listen with both ears, eyes and an open mind. Intensify your commitment your dog and it will reciprocate it.
- Just remember that your dog can be a great source of entertainment and amusement.
- Keep your cool when your dog makes a mistake.
- Learn from your dog–it has a lot to teach you.
- Manage your dog the way you like to be managed–with love.
- Never underestimate your dog–it is an intelligent pet.
- Outgoing dogs belong with outgoing owners.
- Provide a safe, trusting and loving learning environment for your dog.
- Quality of interaction is important: make certain each encounter with your dog is one of quality.
- Respect the unique characteristics of your dog just as you would any other being.
- Seek out new ways to satisfy and entertain your dog.
- Thank your dog for a job well done and really mean it.
- Utilize your dog’s unique talents to the fullest extent possible.
- Value your dog’s idiosyncrasies.
- Work, Work, work with your dog. There is no shortcut to training dogs successfully.
- Exhibit genuine concern and love for your dog.
- Yes, your dog wants to do a good job and wants to be recognized, so reward it.
- Zealously commit to providing a learning environment for your dog.
- written by Leonard Cecil