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One thing I have learned from dogs is to live in the moment. They don't live in the future or the past unlike humans.

If someone brings me a dog that has destroyed the living room, I don't see the dog as that action. I see him as a dog that needs help. He didn't premeditate the action.

This doesn't mean that dogs are less than human or more than human. They're just a different species. If we don't fulfill them as a species, dogs won't live a balanced, centered or happy life.

Dogs as Animals
Dogs don't follow emotional leaders or lovable leaders; they follow calm, assertive leaders. This is the same for all animals in the animal kingdom. Humans are the only animals that follow unstable, emotional leaders around the world.

The pack leader, which is the mom or a male, controls everything: when the pack eats, when they play, how far they can walk. The key to earning your dogs respect as the pack leader is to understand the nature of the pack and to duplicate the action and attitude of the pack leader. The pack instinct is the dogs strongest natural motivator.

To control a powerful breed you need to become the dogs pack leader and establish rules, boundaries and limitations . You need to fulfill the dog as Nature intended him to be fulfilled.

Dogs as Breeds
A dog is an animal first and a breed second.

Author: Cesar Millan

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