Take Stray Dogs In Our Homes As Members Of Our Family

When it comes to pets, many of us love the sight of a furry tail wagging. Most times, that furry tail belongs to a pooch who came from a reputable and conscientious source. The sad truth is, however, that many dogs end up on the street. There are several reasons for the number of stray animals, most of which are usually unpleasant, the result of negligence or irresponsibility or because pet owners - regardless how often they are told - don't grasp that dogs and cats can live as for up to 15 years and beyond.

Still other times, they simply run away and are never recovered and lastly and most troubling (at least to this author) are the ones who are abandoned simply because the dog is 'too big of a burden' or 'not what was expected'. Any way you look at it, the stray dog population is in the millions, spread all over the country. Some caring and enterprising people have taken it upon themselves to lighten the load placed on animal control services and shelters by adopting strays from off the street.

That isn't to say that every adopter is a prime candidate. Still, give them credit, animals seem to have a sixth sense about this sort of thing. When selecting a shelter from inclement weather and dangerous environs, they tend to hole up somewhere that they consider to be safe and potentially lucrative. Even so, if you open your door during a storm and see a sopping wet four-legged visitor, there are a few things you should consider before allowing him or her into your home.

You cannot equate domesticated and dogs of good breed with wild and stray dogs. Stray dogs have only a pack behavior that is inherited and marking of territory but nothing else. Whereas domesticated dogs are trained and live together with humans in our homes as members of our family.

Every dog of good breed needs to undergo sufficient training so that he is able to adjust to living in home with family and adapt to the ways as well as learn to obey rules and behave well.

One look at a well trained and well behaved dog will tell you how happy everybody in the family is and the dog is well looked after too. Because the dog is well behaved, it is well looked after and loved too.

On the other hand the untrained dogs are very wild and unruly. They often get into trouble with their owners due to their misbehavior without knowing why. They end up getting punished most of the times for no fault of theirs, all because they haven't been trained.

The owners love taking their well trained dogs with them and enjoy showing them off. Since they are well trained, they know how to behave and what is expected of them when they go out. They get to be admired by one and all.

A trained dog is able to live comfortably in our homes and manage to get by without getting into any problem. They understand the rules to follow and you can command them verbally and get them out of trouble and keep them safe. For example they know the rules to follow while crossing the road.

A trained dog can be guided on how to cross the road safely by listening to your commands and wait until the cars pass and then cross when it is safer to cross.