Using Bichon Frise Training for Your Dog’s Temperamental Issues

The Bichon Frise is a brilliant, small and white dog breed that is nine to twelve inches tall. The whiteness of their coat is interrupted only by their dark brown or black eyes, and by their black lips and nose. While mostly white in color, some Bichons have shades of apricot, buff or cream around their feathery ears. People who know the Bichons for the first time are smitten by the dog breed’s beauty, entertaining, lovable personality and adeptness at Bichon Frise training. Those looking for a family pet and a brainy and talented entertainer rolled into one are looking for the Bichon Frise.

And since the pup is father to the dog, so to speak, lets take up temperament issues that could focus on the pup. Some pups grow with “soft” dispositions right from the start, which do not make surefire prospects for show trials. Instead, what happens most of the time is that these albeit handsome pups are placed in pet homes, where they can be given Bichon Frise training. And how lucky these homes are!

But matters start getting complicated when inconsiderate handling and raising undermine good genes. So we see contradictions like pups that grow up into biters, or shy dogs, or puppy mill bichons that turn out wonderful.

To put it another way, different degrees of shyness are simply capable of leading into various temperament issues. The mildly shy Bichon may come out poor in the show ring, but also happens to be an ideal house pet. A very shy dog on the other hand can turn out to be aggressive, or a biter. This issue is called “fear aggression”, and these dogs may also be suffering from “separation anxiety.”

Fear aggression can be avoided by giving the puppy training in a puppy kindergarten class (a sort of obedience training for puppies). These classes ought to use positive reinforcement training methods. In turn, the supporting ideas for this training is that the puppy needs to be praised, given positive attention whenever there is good behavior, given a good behavior-inducing treat now and then, and punishment is always ruled out. Pups also get a lot from socialization, which means to simply expose the puppy to different enriching social situations, e.g. the park, or some mall.

If you are clueless as to why your typically well-behaved puppy is displaying aggressive behavior, you need to check on the way other people at home relate and treat with the puppy. Teasing is one culprit behind bad temperament. Other examples of aggression-inducing behavior are roughhouse play, tug of war games, taking toys away from the puppy while they play with them. In other words, look for the factors in the puppy’s life that possibly brings about a cantankerous dog, when the fact is that the dog breed calls for cheerfulness and optimism.

If your dog is showing aggression and you don’t think there is a solution anytime soon, bring the dog into Bichon training, or an obedience class and use positive reinforcement strategies. You may not know it, but this is perhaps the best way to help the dog to bring its potential, and for you as well to get back control.