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Walking your dog

Teach your dog to walk beside you.  If he is lunging ahead, you've lost control of the walk.  Teach your dog where heel position is using treats as a reward when he is walking calmly beside

  

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Don't Force a Command

It's better to build cooperation with a dog than to force him to do a command.  This is especially true with stubborn, strong-willed, and assertive dogs.  Using positive techniques & letting the dog choose to comply

  

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Calling your dog

When you call your dog, always make it a positive experience.  Never call your dog for punishment.  When you punish your dog after calling him to you, you are actually punishing him for coming and not

  

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