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There is a big movement on in North America. A movement that promotes dogs to be more than just “objects”. One blog actually came up with the idea of “petizen.com” (pet citizen). I think that is pretty cool!

And, I fully agree, our pets should be more than just “objects” and they need to be treated as living pets, with all the rights any living pet should have

That brings me to my concern. First, I live in Canada, and as a Canadian other cultures, minority cultures are treated with the same respect and rights and recognition as any other culture.
And, we do NOT try to assimilate these cultures. We do NOT want to change them to be like “us”, whoever that may be. Rather, we encourage everyone to follow and study and find out about their roots.

We need to do that with our pets. They should never have their roots as an animal, a breed a dog taken away. We should never treat them as “kids”, as “people”. We are NOT doing them a favour by treating them that way.

They love us, absolutely. We love them back, no question. But, we need to allow them to be who and what they are. A dog, or cat, or other pet. We need to not only nurture our human love for them, but also their animal side.

If we do both we will have balanced dogs/cats/pets. And, these pets will always be a part of our family. I couldn’t imagine a family without a dog.

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About 1 1/2 years ago we moved into a house with a Chinese couple right next door. The lady is afraid of dogs, but her husband loves my dogs. And my Nikki loves him. When she hears them talking outside she runs to the face and puts her paws up, and the neighbour comes over and pats her as he speaks with her.

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Today, I was walking in the park, and all of a sudden Nikki sat down and wouldn’t move. She looked down the pathway at two people (strangers) walking towards us. And, the closer these people came, the more she wagged her tail. Unusual reaction from her to strangers.

And, then they were at the same spot as my sitting Nikki…a Chinese couple, talking the same dialect as my neibours…she recognized the inflection of the language, the man and woman talking together!

They stopped, talked to her, and then she was happy to go on her way. My Nikki understands Chinese!!! How cool is that

My two dogs, Rusty and Dasher, Playing with their friend, Thumper the rabbit. My two dogs were not aggressive. They were allowed to be dogs, and we did not treat them as “our babies”

“Warning: Sausage dog on premises

Long, short-legged and - according to American researchers - fierce, the dachshund has been found to be more aggressive than the feared Rottweiler or British bulldog. The so-called ‘sausage dog’ comes first on a list of the most violent breeds, followed by the Jack Russell terrier and the terrifying… Chihuahua.”

I read the above statement somewhere on the interenet. Now, I have 2 comments.

First: Are small dogs really more aggressive? Or, are they just spoiled and treated as “babies” by their owners? Most small dogs have lost their roots because owners do not allow them to be an animal, to be a dog.

It has been a pet peeve (ha ha) of mine for years, and I have written about it before “the small dog that runs and barks all over the place when my dogs are on leash”. And, the owners laugh about it. They are proud…”look at my little dog, he takes on the big ones without fear”

Well, it’s not funny. YOU made your little dog aggressive and violent, not nature.

I had two little “miniature long haired dachshunds” myself, for 16 years, and they never showed aggression. They even had a pet rabbit the gently played with.

So wake up small dog owners. Train your dog. Be a pack leader. Your little precious canine would like to be able to go back to it’s roots and become a dog, not a “girlie baby” !!!!

Aggressive behaviors (and it”s NOT acceptable just because your dog is small an cute) and signs is something that professional trainer Brian Heward explains quite well in the Dog Training DVD Series that we have put out at Kingdom of Pets. He talks a lot about establishing your role as leader. Now everyone knows how very important it is to position yourself at the top of the “pack” in your hybrid family of humans and dogs. But Brian really makes sense of why it is in fact —more— stressful for a dog who is a dominant “Alpha” dog but really does not want to be.