训犬师如何改变狗狗的行为？拥有丰富工作经验的训犬师杜琳佳说：“狗的一种常见攻击行为是向主人低吼来保护食物。在这种情况下，首先需要分析狗的动机——狗狗会护食可能是以为主人是来抢食物的，而我们的目的就是要改变这一情况。”

How does a trainer change a dog’s behavior? “One common aggressive behavior of a dog is growling (低吼) at its owner to protect its food,” an experienced dog trainer called Du Linjia said. “In such cases, we need to first analyze the dog’s motivation. It may think that the owner is there to take its food, which we aim to change.”

解决办法是，在一步一步向它慢慢靠近的同时给它更多美味的食物。通过这种做法，能够让狗狗开始相信“允许人类靠近，我才可以得到奖励”。

By giving the dog even more delicious food while slowly getting closer one step at a time, the dog begins to believe “I can be rewarded for letting humans come closer”.

对于一个训犬师来说，“责任感”是最重要的。无论狗狗做出什么行为，训犬师都必须冷静地做出判断，并且绝对不能放弃。

A dog trainer should have a strong sense of responsibility. No matter what behavior a dog has, the trainer must make judgments calmly and never give up on any dog.

通常来说，一只狗如果表现得不够友善，往往是由于其主人行为的误导。有同理心意味着训犬师需要从狗的角度进行思考，善于观察，足够敏感，能够注意到狗狗行为的微小变化，以便于及时干预。

A dog’s worst behavior is usually due to the misleading (误导性的) behavior of its owner. One needs to think from the dog’s perspective. More practically speaking, Du said a dog trainer needs to be observant (善于观察的), and sensitive enough to notice small changes in the dog’s behavior so that they can intervene (介入) in time.

杜琳佳说：“训犬师这个职业在未来是很有市场的。”以前许多养宠者只关注狗狗的身体健康状况，现在他们也愿意思考如何和狗狗有更好的相处模式。

“The future for dog trainers is promising,” Du said, adding that many customers who would previously only focus on whether their dogs were healthy are now willing to learn how to improve their dogs’ behavior.