Updates On 4th Aug 2014
SPCA Singapore 
Aug 4, 2014 
NGOs, SPCA Singapore 
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Dog Bite Prevention Tip #6 (a fortnightly feature by SPCA)
- AVOID PETTING YOUR DOG ON ITS HEAD, REPEATEDLY!
In this photo, the child pets the dog on its head and the dog is clearly uncomfortable. It avoids looking at the child, its mouth is closed, its ears are pinned back and its body is stiff. Most dogs do not like being petted repeatedly on the head.
Be polite to a dog. Learn to read its body language and stop your children from petting a dog on its head, especially one that’s unfamiliar or doesn’t enjoy being petted in this way. Take steps to help your dog be comfortable in every-day situations, through force free, reward-based training. Avoid putting it in stressful situations that are unnecessary and inappropriate.
If your dog shows signs of aggression, and you’re not sure of what to do, please consult a qualified trainer or behaviourist to help you and your dog.
A dog seldom bites ‘out of the blue’. It usually starts with the dog communicating its discomfort in being in a particular situation through a display of stress signals, e.g. turning away, lip-licking, yawning, shaking off, closing its mouth, stress panting, growling, etc. When these signals are repeatedly ignored but we continue to put the dog in that stressful situation, the dog reaches its limit of tolerance, and bites in an attempt to escape or protect itself. Inappropriate training methods, such as the use of punitive or aversive techniques, often escalate the problem. Punitive or aversive training techniques include the use of choke chains, prong or pinch collars, shock collars, alpha rolls, neck jabs, harsh verbal reprimands, and flooding the dog through prolonged exposure to a situation.
This tip is crafted by Kang Nee (a certified professional dog trainer who works with SPCA Singapore to help the dogs in SPCA’s shelter) of cheerfuldogs.com.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/spcasingapore/photos/a.283797778154..
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