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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  Brittany, I just want to say, I do think you think for yourself. You seem to investigate lots of different methods, and you are continually adapting to what you think works for you and Jackson. You actively work with Jackson training him in agility and other things, and you share with this forum what has worked for you and Jackson. Keep up the good work, and never feel like you know it all, because that's when YOU will stop learning. |
Thank you, Nancy. I'm very interested in dog training so I really enjoy learning different ways and methods, and then making up some of my own as well.
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Originally Posted by JeanieK I do not make my dogs sit and wait for permission to get on my lap before giving them affection. But I do expect them to listen when I tell them to get down. And for the most part they do. They do not growl or protest if I put them off my lap. Sometimes I have to do it 2 or 3 times before they get the message, but eventually they stay off.
I do make mine wait when I set the food down before they can eat. |
Exactly! Zak George does this, too. When he is training another dog, he expects his dog to listen to him and takes the stay command very seriously. You see him talk about it in some of his other videos!
I do this as well. If I want Jackson to get down, I will tell him down, and he listens. He's never growled at me for ANY reason actually, and I think that's because he respects me *and* I respect him.