Who Really Owns Him
At seven o’clock in the morning, in the midst of a torrential downpour, you are walking around the neighborhood with your dog so he can do his daily duties. You have a leash in your right hand and a bag in your left while your dog seems to be having the time of his life. In the meantime you are being beaten in the head by the sideways rain blowing into your ear.
I’m sure you have experienced this!
Your dog does not focus on what humans say - it is what they do that matters as well as how they say things. Just because someone claims to be the dog’s owner it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s true to him.
Your dog will connect with whoever takes the most care of him. He sees who feeds him and who gets up in the dark to get beaten by the rain to let him outside. He notices who cleans up his messes that he has left, too!
He will notice who feeds him and brushes him.
That means if you’re going to get a dog for your kids you need to remember that if you’re the one doing all the work and putting all the time in with the dog, then you’re the one the dog’s going to bond with.
If you think about all those stories of a boy and his dog, you should remember one thing, they’re inseparable. You don’t see one without the other. If your kids aren’t going to put the time the dog isn’t going to bond with them. Dogs aren’t stupid; they won’t bond with someone who ignores them.
If your child simply tolerates the dog it is all the dog will do for him! So make sure everybody is willing to put their time in to caring for him.