Lakeland Terrier (detailed introduction)

The formation of a dog’s character is partly innate, but mostly related to the owner's way of education. Therefore, when educating dogs, it is essential to grasp the correct methods. Otherwise, some incorrect behaviors in daily life may leave an indelible impact on the dog. For example, teasing dogs is a bad behavior. What are the harms of often teasing dogs? Let’s find out together.

On the surface, teasing seems to enliven the entertainment atmosphere between humans and pets, but pet researchers believe teasing pets brings endless troubles.

Because teasing is a form of negative training, it causes pets to lose their normal behavioral norms. Once outside, bad habits become fully apparent, such as suddenly chasing people, biting people, chasing other dogs, biting other dogs, running wildly and barking, etc. Excitable and agitated dogs are unstable elements, which is unrelated to the dog’s breed. Therefore, to prevent dog attacks, owners must fully understand the dog’s type before purchasing one and continuously learn in daily life to grasp and control the dog by reading its barking, actions, and eye expressions. Additionally, dogs are highly sensitive; even subtle environmental, climatic, temporal changes, activities, objects, and scent variations can trigger corresponding reactions. They may suddenly attack people at any moment, including their owners.

The preventive measures are as follows: First, always use a leash when taking your dog outside. Whether it is a tiny Chihuahua or a Great Dane; whether a trained working dog or a Tibetan Mastiff (detailed introduction), hearing sharp screams, sudden vibrations, external attack sounds (gunfire), or animal cries (dogs being hunted) can cause sudden reflexes. Second, after leaving your home, when encountering acquaintances or other dogs, do not speak loudly or make exaggerated gestures, and never intentionally tease the dog. Because friendly expressions among people are perceived as attacks by dogs. Third, never be distracted when letting your dog off-leash. Otherwise, you may not be able to react in time if your pet attacks someone.

Therefore, teasing dogs greatly affects the development of their good habits and makes them easily impatient and irritable. Thus, we should avoid casually teasing dogs in our daily lives.