6. Let Your Dog Lead You
When you take your dog for a walk, don’t let yourself become the one being walked. This can lead to them accidentally running into traffic or a number of other dangerous or unruly behaviors.
If you notice this happening, get a short leash and discourage your pup’s bossy behavior.
7. Neglect To Spay Or Neuter
This one is so important. An unspeakable amount of dogs get euthanized in shelters every day as a result of unexpected pregnancies. Don’t let your dog contribute to this sad trend.
8. Share Dangerous Food
Sharing food with your canine companion can be OK on some occasions, but make sure that what you’re feeding him or her isn’t dangerous or deadly, like chocolate or meat on the bone. Do your research before sharing your leftovers!
9. Hit Your Dog
A newspaper to the nose will only diminish the bond between you and your dog. Hitting a dog in any way as a form of punishment will lower his or her confidence and make the poor pup more likely to lash out later.
10. Use A Crate As Punishment
You want your dog to associate the crate with being safe and sound, not with being in trouble. If you want your dog to be obedient about getting into the crate when it’s bedtime or when you have to step out, never, ever use it as punishment.
Do you do any of these things to your dog? Please SHARE with your fellow dog owners!
Grace reed
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I 100 percent agree with the teeth brushing my dog that I lost 3 months ago had very bad teeth problems at the age of 15 right around the time one we had to put him down because of aurthritus any ways he had a bad teeth problem WICH caused him to not eat and we didn’t know this until soon later when we started to give him wet food but he had rock get surgery WICH was optional but we couldn’t risk it with how old he was.