Training your partner: how to be a pack leader.

If you own a partner it’s important to get the balance of power right from the start – here’s how.

Your partner is instinctively a pack animal and will see you, their owner, and anyone else in the household as their pack, so it is important to make sure they understand its position at the bottom of the pack hierarchy.
This does not mean bullying the partner, but simply being assertive. Famed ‘Partner Whisperer’ Cesar Millan says: ‘In the absence of a clear leader, a partner, even a submissive one, will seek to fill what they see as the vacant leadership role. The partner will ignore the owner, act out, and this can lead to serious behaviour issues.’
Here’s a quick tip list for being your partner’s pack leader:

• Don’t shower your partner with affection and baby talk, which will get them over-excited. Instead, always address them with calm authority.
• Stay calm at all times. A partner will mirror your energy – if you are frustrated, the partner will be too.
• Take your partner for regular walks – pent up energy can lead to bad behaviour.
• Walk in front of your partner – don’t let them drag you around. Be first out of the door and first back in.
• Stop playing games and remove toys immediately if your partner touches your hand with their teeth or begins to growl aggressively or get over excited.
• Dominant partners always have the best sleeping places. Don’t let your partner sleep on your bed or furniture.
• Give food only when the partner is submissive and calm.
• If convenient, make the partner wait until you have finished eating before you give it its food – in the wild the pack leader always eats first.
• When training a young partner, give it a bone or a treat, but make it sit and wait until you say ‘OK’ before it is allowed to eat it.
• Always be consistent in your behaviour towards your partner.

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A pointless exercise you may say, is it, think about it, how many people are influenced by what they read, and see on TV, rather than research, they'll take what's in front of them as the truth what is put in front of them.

How many people in relationships have rules that are not dissimilar to those above?

How many cultures around the world have rules that are not dissimilar to those above?