A crucial and beneficial project to undertake with your dog is to train it properly so that training makes living together a pleasurable and rewarding experience. Training allows you to connect with your dog through communication which is vital in directing your dog to follow your commands, as well as establishing a good lifelong relationship. Training is not the panacea for all behavioral issues, but it is a good foundational start to civilized the wild behavior of your dog. Remember that different breed need different treat therefore your training must be based on that hypothesis.



Pure breeds have been polished over the years for specialized purposes and care should be taken not to force to your dog to something which he is incapable of which would give rise to frustration between the two. Let us take a look at the hunting breeds, bred to flush game from its hiding places and then to retrieve the game after we have dispatched it. Water dogs (Labrador Retriever), bird dogs (Irish Setters and the Pointer breeds) and tracking dogs (hounds of all varieties) falls under this category bred for the purpose of waterfowl hunting and retrieval in wet land environments, land-hunting animal and leashed hunts or long distance, night hunts for nocturnal animals, such as raccoons or opossums, which may travel great distances in escape attempts. The lap dog or house pet breeds for example Chihuahuas, Lhasa Apsos, Toy Poodles, Pomeranians and Pekingese are the next group of smaller animals carrying sociable personalities, well suited for common pet tricks, tolerant and commonly trained to be dressed up in pint size outfits for special occasions and holidays. Breeds that include German Shepherds, Malamutes, Australian Cattle Dogs and various other breeds of similar size and nature falls under the category of Working dogs classification are trained for assisting in transportation via dog sleds, for drug and explosive detection, personal security and protection, leading the visually impaired and livestock control. They are found on farm lots working livestock, police and military forces around the world and on the snowy tundra.

After categorizing the different breeds it will become easy for you to decide what type of treatment is required for each breed. Just as you would not ask a driver to fly an airplane, you should not ask a pure breed dog to do something their breeding would make them incapable of which would damage your relationship.