Dog training is necessary for all dogs. Big or small, it makes no difference. My father has a dog; he is a large and undisciplined dog. The reasons for this are multiple: the dog has a difficult past (he was abandoned in a roadside parking lot when he was less than a year old), there are no grandchildren to coddle, and the dog obviously looks a lot like the dog that my father had when he was a child.

Fortunately, this large dog seems to have a gentle attitude towards children; meeting very young children, he immediately lies on his stomach, carefully sniffing in the direction of the child, avoiding anything that might frighten the little ones. This dog is definitely not aggressive, but he is a pain in the neck. My son is almost three years old and visiting my parents is very exhausting: I can’t relax for a minute.

The dog is a little taller than my son and my son feels uncomfortable when this big dog comes up to him and tries to lick his whole face. My father proudly exclaims that this is proof that the dog likes children, but I can understand that a big smelly tongue all over the face is not a pleasant experience. As a result, my son runs off, followed by the dog and a mother trying to grab the dog or her child, whichever is easier to grab. I have told my father a hundred times that the dog has to stop if he tells it to, but the only one who has authority over the dog is the old kitten: countless times she had scratched the dog’s nose and lived in the house long before After the dog was born, the cat had no intention of giving up his superior position in the family.

The dog does not deliberately bite or try to hurt people, but it is large and clumsy and therefore can be dangerous. One day my father was sitting in a small chair in the garden, picking berries. Suddenly his dog came running, jumped on him, they both fell and rolled on the grass. The dog wanted to play and he thought it was a good time to surprise my father and have fun. Unfortunately, at the time my father was recovering from difficult back surgery and rolling around in the grass with a large dog on his back wasn’t exactly the therapy the doctor had in mind. There was no damage, but I think after this incident, it was my mother who finally stood her ground.

Now my father is training the dog and you can see the first results. There’s still room for improvement, but it’s more relaxing to be around now. I am definitely looking forward to seeing the dog fully trained. The dog also seems to enjoy training and I can only encourage all dog owners to train their ‘best friend’.