We hope that eventually our dog will do what we want, when we want. We must then find some means of conveying our wishes to the dog in the form of words of command and/or hand signals. A common mistake is to think that a dog knows the meaning of every word said to him. … Read more
Correction and reward: what do they mean, and to what extent should they be applied? On this there cannot be hard-and-fast rules, but on a proper balance between the two the whole success of training depends — bearing in mind that to be successful one must not only get the dog to do what one … Read more
The first essential to success in training is to get rid of any ideas you may have about dogs being ‘almost human’. Thank heaven they are not! The main difference lies in the fact that dogs do not reason as we do. There is some difference of opinion as to whether dogs work anything out … Read more