In the ideal world of all those who live their life alongside a four-legged friend, there is always the desire to see their dog "free", meaning the condition of freedom to see him running, rolling, sniffing, playing and expressing himself. With more than twenty years of experience as a professional in the dog-dog sector, I can tell you that the dog's freedom is not only a right but also a conquest, a goal to be achieved. In fact, discipline and rules are principles of freedom, rather than a limitation of it. If we learn how to "exploit" and channel the dog's emotions in the right way, transforming them into an opportunity for growth and learning, we will have a free and happy dog as well as an educated and disciplined one. The lack of discipline, in fact, does not make anyone more free and autonomous, but only more confused and frightened. Just think of a person who does not want to adhere to civil principles and rules: he/she would soon find himself/herself living in a condition of loneliness and social marginalization. Actually, the same could happen to our dog. Discipline, rules and objectives to be achieved, in contrast, will facilitate the dog's adherence to our life, and make it happen as a purely natural fact. In this way not only the dog will be able to live its existence HAPPY, it will also be, and feel, "disciplinarily free".
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