Books on training
How about Pat Miller's book Postive Dog training.
How about Karen Pryors book Don't shot the dog.
Jean Donalson book Culture clash
What you want to do is build a relationship with your dog and that is built with trust and respect and listening to your dog and its fears; not by force or bossing them around but by litening respect and gentleness.
It takes brains not force to train a dog.
Learning theroy says that which you use you get... force causes shut down and fear and force back. Repect gets respect and willingness back and a relatonship built on that.
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