WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER WHEN TRAINING A DOG?
My answer to this is that contrary to popular myth your dog does not possess a sufficiently large enough brain to work out that it is capable of doing anything just to spite you!!!! Dogs do not chew your carpet to spite you, they do it because their teeth are hurting, they are bored, they are stressed or they have nothing more suitable to do. Also the second golden rule is that dogs do not do things for you because they love you! Look at all areas of your dogs behaviour and try and pick out in what way it will benefit the dog. A dog wants to sit on your knee for a number of reasons, they like being close to the pack for one, the other is that it is softer and warmer than the floor. Dogs sit or lay down or come back to you when told to for one of two reasons dependant on how you have trained them. Firstly there might be something in it for them, a treat or just a pat and an approving voice. Secondly, they might be frightened that if they do not comply you will knock the living daylights
