Train Your Dog Positively: Understand Your Dog and Solve Common Behavior Problems Including Separation Anxiety, Excessive Barking, Aggression, Housetraining, Leash Pulling, and More!

Be patient and flexible with your expectations, and be prepared for failure—it is an important part of the learning process.

• Research has shown that when a dog sees a person she likes, her tail wags more to the right. When she sees an unfamiliar person, her tail wags more to the left.

Complementary therapies—such as soft music from my Canine Noise Phobia Series’ Calming CD (see Resources), weekly massage sessions, and a dog-appeasing pheromone plug-in—helped ease what had previously been a very stressful environment in which to live.

true packs don’t really exist in the domestic dog world in the first place.

During this training process, you may find that your dog jumps even higher to get your attention. This is known as an extinction burst. Because the behavior that previously got your attention no longer works, your dog might try even harder to get what she desires. Be sure to persevere with the technique at this point, because she will eventually gi

Appropriate play can be rough, but human intervention is usually not needed. As long as each dog allows the other to win and lose the game, the potential for conflict is avoided.

Find what motivates your dog and use this while teaching.

Encouraging your dog to learn by using scent work to improve her mental and physical state is a way of utilizing her sense of smell to encourage her to perform tasks that enrich her life and help her overcome any emotional issues she may have.

Whenever she pulls, immediately stop and stand completely still until the leash relaxes, either because your dog has taken a step back or has turned around to give you focus. When the leash is nicely relaxed, proceed on your walk. Repeat this as necessary.