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Pet Care
FULFILL YOUR DOG’S
BREED SPECIFIC NEEDS
By Nikita Gangwani
reed profi le is like an
‘Instruction Manual’, giving
you an overview of what the
dog is programmed for. while hunting, guarding their cattle,
fetching things in the water, retrieving,
casing, fi nding, fi ghting, pulling, rescuing,
hauling etc.
It’s our ancestors who have actually created
those breeds and over a period of years, we
have designed those fi ner qualities and
capabilities that make our dogs look in a
certain way, act in certain way and support
us with certain skill sets. In this process, humans created generations
of dogs that were born with specifi c skills
to do the jobs they were bred for.
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So, the more purebred the dog is, the more
he will be pulled towards the instincts that
are coming from his breed side and hence
he will be driven to perform / respond to
those instincts.
Not fulfi lling the breed related needs
can oft en become a factor in your dog’s
physical and psychological responses to
the stresses of life, and the un-utilized
energy gets built up in him.
Our ancestors identifi ed every particular
skill set of a dog and fi gured out how to
adapt that skill for human benefi t.
Th ey began to realize that diff erent dogs
can help them in diff erent purposes;
We all want the best Purebred dogs,
but there is a major problem in our
modern world- many dogs don’t get the
environment to put their inbuilt skill sets
into use, and all their energy gets pent-
up. Th is puts the dog in an unbalanced
state and they usually fi nd their outlet in
destruction.
Just imagine, what if the parents totally
ignore or suppress the potential of their
children? Th at child is naturally going to
be driven to fi nd a way to fulfi ll his passion
and on top of that, the child would become
more distant from his parents.
Now, apply that to your relationship with
your dog. If you are fulfi lling the breed
specifi c needs of your dog, you are creating
a balanced living and a bond based on
trust and respect.
Now, apply that to your relationship with
your dog. If you are fulfi lling the breed
specifi c needs of your dog, you are creating
a balanced living and a bond based on
trust and respect
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Of course, that doesn’t mean that we are
going to take our dogs for hunting, herding
or guarding cattle at the farm, but we need
to help them by creating combinations of
physical and psychological challenges to
help the dogs fulfi ll their breed specifi c
needs.
Th ese days, in the western countries, the
dog owners are most widely recommended
to participate in various sporting activities
which would allow the dog top utilise its
psychological and physical energies.
American Kennel Club has broken down
groups of breeds into some general
categories, usually based on the original
tasks the dogs were used for:
Sporting (Pointer, Spaniels,
Retrievers),
Hound (basset hound, beagle,
dachshund)
Working (Great Danes,
Mastiff s, Doberman,
Rottweiler’s),
Herding (German shepherd
dog, sheepdog,
Australian shepherd),
Terrier (Jack Russell terrier,
pit bull terrier,
wire fox terrier),
Toy (Yorkshire, papillon,
maltese, pom), &
Non sporting (Poodle, French
bulldog, Dalmatian)