I find that positive training works best on Sparks. He is VERY stubborn and responds better to positive. The "shhhh" doesnt' work with him. He just looks at me like "are you nuts?". If I say "leave it", he leaves it but that is because I taught him by giving him a treat for listening. If I say "out" when he gets in somewhere he shoudln't be, again he responded better when I trained him with treats. He also responds well to "time out".
Every dog is different and different things work with them. I think finding what works for your dog and being committed to pracitcing it is how to get them trained. Sparks would never respond well to Cesars methods. Actually, I have tried some of cesears methods and I can see how they would work with some dogs but not Sparks.
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