NJ Dog Boarding There are many things that workers in a dog boarding facility need to understand about dogs. In a NJ dog boarding facility that I know of they make sure that all new employees undergo training before beginning on subjects like male dogs and female dogs in labor. The purpose of a competition or fight between two male dogs is usually to mate with the female dogs within their territory when they are in heat. The puppies that are born are taken care exclusively by the female dog, which will take care of them until they are old enough to join the rest of the pack. Even though their maternal conduct is instinctive, the mother gets better at it with experience. Things like cutting the umbilical cord when her puppies are born, cleaning them and allowing them to breastfeed are all natural behavior that occurs without any previous experience however, they become better at it after having had several babies. A mother dog licks her babies to stimulate them and to clean them. The mother will continue cleaning them this way until they are big enough to leave, and she does this after she has fed them by swallowing the waste to keep their area clean. Doing this helps to keep the puppies from getting diseases and it also reduces the possibility of predators coming near due to the smell. Sometimes a female dog will get on top of another female dog as if mating with her, as strange as this may seem, female dogs sometimes do this to show and remind the other dog that she is in charge and in command and she will do this when the underdog does something that she considers inappropriate inside her pack. This type of dominance is a less aggressive way of maintaining control without having to recur to a fight. This type of dominance helps the dominant one to gain control over the situation again as the leader. |