How you can show your dog that the house is not his territory?

How to temper the territorial ambitions that your dog expresses at home? These few tips should help you do that.

Dogs are individuals in which the territorial sense is highly developed. They are born with this instinct and it becomes more and more assertive as they grow older.

While this aspect of their personality is most natural, it can be problematic when it comes to living with other family members (humans, congeners, cats, etc.) at home.

You are the leader of the clan!

This sense of territory present in canines is closely linked to another instinct: the pack. Indeed, the individual who manages to rise to the head of the group is the one who controls its territory.

He does this by chasing away any intruders and claiming to be his succession in what he considers his area of influence, which he also marks with urine emissions at key points.

Set the limits and abolish the privileges reserved for the leader of the pack; don’t let it sit on your couch or armchair.

Don’t let it invade your bed or the children’s beds either. Rather than having him control access to the front door by lying on the doormat, train him to sleep on his bed, which you have placed out of the way and traffic.

If you deny him access to a room (the nursery, the kitchen …), do not lift this ban by making exceptions. Consistency is essential in dog training.