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My puppy is aggressive, what do I do? My puppy is biting us and nothing is working to stop him! How can I get my puppy to stop biting?
Largely due to some popular TV trainers, the myth of dominance continues to play a major role in contemporary dog training conversations.
He sits inside, but not outside. She knows to come when we're in the backyard, but the second we start hiking, she completely ignores us. He totally forgets his manners when he meets new people!
I'm coming at this article with a two-pronged approach because...
So, in order to have a dog that comes to you reliably, even when heavily distracted, it helps to lay the groundwork as early as possible in a puppy's life.
it’s an invaluable lifelong skill for a dog to feel comfortable in a crate.
That brings me to today’s subject: there is a strong correlation between dogs who are trained with aversives and dogs who show aggressive behavior.
When I first started training dogs, I worked from a mindset that was...