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Canis Lupus Familiaris:

The animal known as the dog. When we bring one of these into our lives and homes we are taking on a special set or responsibilities that we do not have even with our own children. This is a totally different species from what we see everyday, a species different from ourselves, but not totally unfamiliar to us.

Being as general as possible when describing a dog we would be forced to classify them as “Animals”. As our description gets more complex we would move to “Dog” as our description of our family pet, more complex he becomes “Breed” and then finally “Personality”.

This is also how we should look at our “Mans best friend” when it comes to interacting with, training or conditioning, working with and playing with.

We connect with our dogs on the animal level as we are both animals. We then train them on the dog level for this is ultimately what they are. We work with them on the breed level as this is where their special skill sets come into play. Then finally we play with them on the personality level as this is where their fun “genes” reside.