A good positive-reward training program can really work to revamp an out-of-control dog and get them to look at you with new eyes. And when you keep it loving and fun for them, they begin to look forward to it. Training reinforces you as their pack leader in their mind and teaches them over time to focus on you and to respond to what you say - at first for praise and treats and later, because they have learned to do it. The NILIF type program can really have them looking at you as their pack leader and reinforces the need to do what you say so that if they play bite hard and you say "uh oh" or "no", they stop. So over time, with training and reinforcing your leadership, you can turn even the wildest doggie around.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |