I hear this from my clients occasionally. People call to report a problem behavior and they say that it’s because the dog “doesn’t respect me.” And, boy oh boy, can I relate. I remember when Juno was younger, she’d sometimes look at me when I called her and then walk away. She might as well have shrugged. Or rolled her eyes. Or flipped me the bird. Clearly, she didn’t respect me. It was obvious. 

Time passed and I started getting geeky about animal behavior. And one of the things I learned is that, no, dogs don’t respect us. None of the dogs. Not just Juno. But it’s not because they think they are better than us. 

It’s just that the concept of respect has never crossed their minds.

Dogs simply don’t think in terms of respect. They think of “this works/this doesn’t work” and “that’s safe/that’s unsafe.” Click here for full article.

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