Dominant character

Some of the problems that owners have in relation with their dogs are due to the non adequate conduct of domination – submission you have established with him. Besides other causes, the first, without any doubts is the incorrect selection of the breed.

The family nucleus are mostly females which will choose a breed that is catalogued as low or medium level in these characteristics, not so much for being the women more willing to love and care for the dogs in excess and by the way they understand themselves, but because the way dogs consider a woman (as a female), and the consequences of it, as they may have more love for them but less respect than for a male.

However, the adequate breed for a person or a family group that are energetic and dominant (any of the medium or high levels) won't be the ideal choice for a person with an dark or shallow character (low level breed).

In the same way, the election could be self-defeating for a person or a family group with dominant characters, from an exemplar which is listed in the low level. The cause is no other than the repercussion that this election can provoke.

Undoubtedly, the attitudes a dog can manifest are conditioned not only by breed, age or gender, but also by its human surroundings. This combination can lead the exemplar to present a maturity curve of character greatly sparse with respect to other that live in an adequate family group environment (in relation with his domination level).

Low

Basset Hound
Pyrenees Mastiff
Bouvier des Flandres
Spanish Mastiff
Drahthaar
De Brie Shepherd
Epagneul Breton
Scottish Shepherd
Golden Retriever
Pinscher
Labrador
Saint Bernard
Pomeranian
English Springer Spaniel
Maltese
Terranova

Medium

Bobtail
Terveuren Belgium Shepherd
Boxer
Burgos Retriever
German Braco
Catalonian Sheepdogs
Bulldog
Podenco Ibicenco
Bullmastiff
Pointer
Dalmatian
Spanish Hound
German Dogo
Samoyed
Spanish Greyhound
English Setter
Lhassa Apso
Irish Setter
Great Pyrenees
Shar-Pei
German Shepherd
Yorkshire Terrier
Groenendael Belgium Shepherd

High

Alaskan Malamute
Bourdeaux Dogo
Beagle
Fox Terrier
Beauceron
Siberian Husky
Bull Terrier
Pekinese
Poodle
Rottweiler
American Cocker
Miniature Schnauzer
English Cocker Spaniel
Standard Schnauzer
Chihuahua
Giant Schnauzer
Chow Chow
Scottish Terrier
Dachshund
West Highland White Terrier
Doberman

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