During the early stages of puppy hood, dogs are highly sensitive to the world around them. It is through watchful training, conditioning, and experience that they learn to associate certain sights and sounds with situations that help them obtain a basic understanding of what is going on around them. Based on the Behaviorists' idea of the 3 main influences, genetic makeup, environmental influences, and learned influences on behavior, dogs have become more adapted to living with humans. Over time they were carefully bred in order to create puppies with certain characteristics based on the needs and wants of the people, whether it was a hardworking Shepard, or an elegant poodle. Dogs have also become sensitive to our changes in emotions. They
