Self Control Is An Important Skill For Dogs

A reminder, teaching your dog or puppy self control skills and to stay is important in so many contexts…waiting at an open door, for calm greetings, for YOU to initiate play as just a few examples. Here are some tips for beginning to teach it.  The game that I show here for teaching self control canRead more “Self Control Is An Important Skill For Dogs”

Teaching Your Dog Self Control, Zen, Impulse Control

The ability to wait for things is not a skill dogs are born knowing. They see a squirrel, they charge after it. They smell scents and they stop to take it in. They see an open doorway and they run through it. They see tasty food and they grab it. Teaching your dog self control,Read more “Teaching Your Dog Self Control, Zen, Impulse Control”