How to Raise a Dog

so you want to raise a dog but you don't have any clue about what it takes, and about how much time and effort you should spend to raise one

in the next instructable, I will share with you the knowledge I have from the last 2.5 years that I raise my Mona

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well, when I chose my puppy, I didn't knew nothing about dogs

I must confess that I did it in a very impulsive way, and that impulsive decision made me change my habits to keep my dog

, so the most important thing is to think about your lifestyle and choose a dog that can fit into your daily schedule.

dogs are animals with different energy levels, dogs with high energy levels won't fit a person with low energy levels

if you're an active person that likes sports and running so you can get a dog that will be your running body like a Shepherd or a Visla if you want a dog that will hang with you all day long I recommend little dogs that you can carry comfortably

and if you're going to work at 8:00 am and come back home at 20:00 don't get a dog at all because dogs need attention and they have needs that the owner needs to supply.

so you need to think very well about your lifestyle and do the research about what type of dog can fit in.

As I like to say "a tired dog is a happy dog".

That's the basics of raising dogs, you need to understand that dogs have the DNA of wolfs their energy levels can be very high and if you want that your dog won't chew all the furniture in your house and worse that he will attack someone with no reason, and if you want to make your dog listen to you, you need to keep him calm.

the first way to keep your dog calm is sport, running is the most effective way to reduce the energy levels of your dog, and also biting games, I like to play pulling with a rope, or to take Mona to run when I'm riding a bicycle, and also throw her a ball, those are the most fun and good ways to make your dog tired and calm.

One important point is that you want to reduce their energy and stress levels at the beginning of the day so they will remain calm until you come back from work.

The most physically active your dog is better because it makes him happy, calms his body and his mind, and makes it for him more easily follow your commands

Obedience is very important to your dog, first, it's a very good tool you reduce your dog's energy levels. Teach your dog commands and make him follow your commands set his boundaries and discipline, Its make him think and use his mind and this is going back to the point of reducing stress for your dog.

I recommend working with your dog for 20 minutes every day on obedience, it also makes your communication with your dog much better and this is how you develop your own language with your dog

Socializing is very important to your dog, it will make him less aggressive, and playing with other dogs just makes your dog happy, it is also a good way to make him tired when you don't have time to do it by yourself.

You need to find bodies for your dog that have the same energy levels so they can play together and that one dog won't be more aggressive than the other because it can trigger a fight between them and we don't want that.

You want to give your dog love and affection but you need to know when to do this and give him the right amount of love he needs.

If you base your communication with your dog mainly on love it will cause him Separation Anxiety and make him very dependent on you and we don't want that

The best time for showing love and affection to your dog is when you want to treat a good behavior or at the end of the day after you reduced his energy levels, love is a great and important tool but you need to use it wisly.

So those are the main steps, now go get a dog that will be your best body!