[Kristen Cabe]

walk into your house one day n just stand there in front of your dog n say nothing... what does your dog do? Mine will jump around a bit n walk away.

Now walk into the house again n hold up a piece of food, my dog will sit, shake paw, bark, n run thru his routine of commands till he gets the food.

Scenario 1: My dog will sit nicely and look at me, wagging her tail.

Scenario 2: My dog will sit nicely and look at me, wagging her tail. Then she will smell the food and sniff up into the air, while still sitting.

Meanwhile, Jak is outside in his kennel barking his fool head off and bouncing off the sides of it because he wants to be let out NOW and I'm not fast enough for him. :lol: :lol:


The reason for using praise/food/play/whatever is so the dog will want to do what we want him to do, and not just do it because he's afraid of getting a correction.