Proper start with a new dog or puppy.

If your new dog is a puppy, it will probably be recently separated from its mother and brothers to join you and it is very logical for the dog to feel really lonely. Everything that surrounds the puppy is different and new for it, even when there is another dog at home; it will have a different smell and will behave in a different way from the other dogs that have previously lived with the new puppy. If your new dog is an adult one and it is already used to the domestic environment, the objects that surround the dog won't look that strange to it as they may look to the puppy... but you are still a perfect stranger for the new dog.

In this moment, the calm and the coherence are vital for the new dog, no matter its age. It is possible that you feel like making sudden movements, shout or even run in direction to the dog if you find doing something you may consider unacceptable, but avoid doing it. You better stop, wait and meditate. Your dog will need some time to know you and understand the rules stated in your home. The dog will even need some time to understand the different pitches of your voice! If you don't want to scare the new puppy or dog, be very patient. First of all, keep the dog away from feeling scared or uncomfortable. Dog Coats

DOG'S BODY LANGUAGE

Dogs can't express with words that they feel insecure, abandoned and lonely, or write a complaint against the smells, images or sounds that are unpleasant or perturbations for them. They can only express their feelings and fears through body and facial gestures and certain noises.
A puppy feeling scared when faced by an adult dog, may adopt the position used to express submission: it will get its body as close to the floor as possible, with the ear directed to the back side and the tail curled between its legs. It is also possible for the dog to urinate or defecate because of fear. You wouldn't like to be received in such a way by your new house mate, would you? An adult dog, on the other hand, would react in a negative way if it feels intimidated in a unknown place: if you grab the dog to force it to leave or to keep it from doing something, you may not think you are doing something wrong, but the animal will surely feel mistreated and punished up to point in which it could even use its claws or teeth to defend itself from you.

LIVING RULES

Even when you should try to avoid intimidating or scaring the new dog, you must establish some basic rules from the very beginning. If you state the rules in a very clear way from the beginning and you are coherent with them, you will help your dog to feel secure. Dogs, like children, need to learn where the limits are. Some dogs try to test their owner, while others accept the rules easily. Whatever the rules or limitations you state may be, always remember the following: if you want your dog to obey the rules, state them very clearly from the very beginning or it will be too late.

It is a lot easier to state some rules from the beginning than correcting an inappropriate behavior once the habit is acquired. Even when you think it is a little exaggerated to write down the rules, it will be the best thing to do, specially if you have a very big family and all the members of the family will be in touch with the dog, because in that way, everyone of them will commit to treat the dog exactly in the same way. The dog will never know what is right or wrong if some of the family members scold it and others reward it for doing exactly the same thing. If the dog gets on the sofa and cuddles next to somebody, there may be someone that rewards it with caresses and some other person that may send it back to the floor by pushing it and shouting. You can not expect a dog to understand that every family member states different rules.

FAMILY LIVING RULES If the dog jumps on you, turn your back to it and ignore it. Reward your dog every time it greets people without jumping on them. Never give your dog food while you are sitting on the table or you would be teaching the dog to beg for food. Do not leave objects out of place. Puppies feel irresistibly attracted for the laundry, children's toy and paper. Use appropriate toys to play with the dog, never shoes or tennis. Train your dog with no hurry but constantly, many times a day and every day of the week. Teach you dog to sit before receiving its food, the grooming session or the caresses and before leaving the house or car. All family members should take part of the dog's education, feeding, grooming, walking, Exercising, etc., and state the same discipline. Dogs sit on the floor; sofas are only for people. Decide where the puppy will sleep and be firm about it. If the dog begins to bite things, distract it or keep your dog from doing it