How To Train A Dog

Dogs are probably the most versatile of the domesticated animals, not only do we use dogs as pets for companionship, dogs are also used for herding animals on farms, racing in sporting events, helping as guide dogs for the blind, and many other roles in society.

Did you know:-

Dogs are not as vicious as we are led to believe, records show that only 1 in 4 million dogs will kill a human being, much lower than people imagine.

If you have a family and are considering getting a dog, statistics show that dog bites occur more frequently in boys aged 5 to 9 than in any other category of the population.

Dogs have caused 88% of all falls attributed to pets in the United States.

Dogs have the uncanny ability to recognise their owners from very long distances away.

Dogs can see in the dark better than humans due to light reflecting from the back of the retina.

A dogs hearing is vastly superior to a humans due to the fact that 18 muscles allow the ear to tilt, rotate, lift and lower, enabling it to pick up sound locations much better than humans.

Dogs also have a superior sense of smell to humans, their wet noses allowing them to pick up the direction of the wind and the source of a smell far lower than humans can detect.

Some dogs have even lived in excess of 20 years old.

Every year there are between 6 to 8 million dogs and cats that are placed into animal shelters, sadly for them 1 in 2 never get the chance to come back out again.

Maturity in dogs generally begins between 6 and 12 months; so it is probably a good idea to have them spayed or neutered as soon as possible to stop them populating unnecessarily leaving you with a house full of dogs.

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