PIBs

While there are dozens (and perhaps hundreds) of canine PIBs, there are only eight that need to be addressed in order to keep a dog safe and happy in a human environment.

1) Assess, classify and respond.
2) Obsessed attention.
3) Join a pack.
4) Packs must have leaders.
5) Follow a leader.
6) Life is earned.
7) Constant testing.
8) Life is motion.

Each of these PIBs describes a pattern of behavior canines have developed to aid survival in the wild. They are necessary behaviors that domestic dogs cannot abandon just because we wish them to. Some of them can be changed if the proper approach is used and others can be controlled, again, with the proper approach. None of them can be changed by the dog without our intervention. They are instinctive and therefore are innate canine behavioral patterns.