Shall we remember Kipling while training our dogs?

If we decide to have a dog we, as responsible masters, are quite aware that it is necessary to educate them, socialize them, train them. There are a lot of methods, instructions and ways for making our dogs well bred.

The starting point of all these practices is that we - as living creatures - are much more clever than dogs, and thus in a position that we can teach our dogs. This idea is going from the Christian concept that a human being is  the centre of the world. This philosophy developed deep roots in our mentality.

However, is it the only variant of creating relationships with our dogs. Is this variant undisputable and effective?    

The first step in educating dogs is to establish contacts. It is the most difficult and responsible stage. Shall we try here a different starting point and refer to the famous phrase invented by Rudyard Kipling  in “Jungle book” “We be of one blood, thou and I”?

To be continued