Ever used a food container for your dogs?
What I am talking about is a big box you can fill with dried food. At the bottom is an opening and while your dog is eating, more food will flow automatically into the bowl.
Let me ask you another question: "When do you think someone calls me for advice?"
Certainly not when the caller 's dog became European champion in obedience trials.
Most people call me saying something like "my dog needs some training".
According to me there is a lot of truth in the Spanish saying "El perro es el reflejo del dueño/a", meaning in English that the dog is the reflection of the owner.
What is being reflected by the dog?
The dog will reflect the energy and the behaviour of the humans (s)he is living with.
It is my conviction that dogs do not need traini You do not eat from the containerng in the first place. Before you can train a dog, you need to understand correctly what the dog is telling you with her/his body language and behaviour.
As soon as you have a system in place enabling you to correctly communicate with your dog, then you can start educating your pet. And what are we aiming at? The target of our education is that the dog pays attention to us when we ask for her/his attention.
One of the best tools during this educational process is my feeding ritual, as I have explained it in my former letters numbers 13,14,15,16. Feeding your dog allows you to behave like the leader of the pack.
But how can you use my feeding ritual if you do not feed your dog yourself?
How will you get the dog's attention if not you but a container is educating the dog?
Yes, the container is educating the dog.
In order to understand what I mean, let's think dog.
A dog is a (descendant of a) canine predator. If there is food available for the pack it is the result of a chase and a kill of the prey. After the kill the pack will eat according to rules that reflect the pecking order. If your dog eats from a container, without you being present, it is my conviction that (s)he will experience this as a confirmation of her/his position as pack leader.
Taking that position of the leader will be more difficult for you than if you would feed your dog yourself.
No wonder I see food containers being used by people whose dogs are not paying attention to them.
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