In Search of Real Dog Food 4

Our fourth excerpt from ‘Real food for dogs & cats – a practical guide to feeding your pet a balanced, natural diet’ by Dr. Clare Middle.

Ways to establish humans as top of the hierarchy requires no force or aggression whatsoever.  It is subtleties such as going through doors and gates ahead of our dog, making a dog wait for a command to enter or exit the car and eating before our dog does.

“You should only ever give a treat when the dog has thoroughly earned it, and never before or during a human meal.  Only feed a dog after all the humans in the household have been fed.  If the dog is given a treat without earning it, the dog may get a false impression that it is higher than you in the pecking order.”

The above used with kind permission from the author, Dr. Clare Middle.

Leah & Angela OMeara

Hound Dog Day Care (Specialists in Dog Minding & Dog Boarding, Pet Sitting Brisbane & Doggy Day Care Brisbane)