Dog training for how you live
Very often, people bring their dogs to me because of some behavior the dog didn’t do before, but suddenly started. It’s most often sometime in the ‘adolescent’ stage, from about 7 – 18 months of age. After that, the adult development stage from 18 months to 2 & 1/2 years. Then there is the behavior …
“When you’re teaching new behaviors, then the outcome strongly affects the behavior.” ~Michael Ellis That is referring to a dog’s behavior being affected during the learning phase (not yet habitual) of anything, whether it is positive (desired), or negative (undesirable) behavior. It’s at this early stage of behavior that typical mild guidance and rewards are …