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Haven't read the entire thread, so someone may have already said this. It is not a good ideas for dogs to sleep in bed with you. I know many people do it though. Littermates do this, so he may begin to think you are an equal. My GSP has a nice, comfy dog bed that he loves. He knows he is not allowed in my bed or on the furniture. You have a breed that is territorial and can be aggressive. Please be careful and assertive without being threatening like others have said.
Good article, Tim! I don't use a clicker with my dogs but I am a firm believer in NEVER using physical force with a dog and always making sure my dogs know that I control all good things. I believe that almost every dog can be successfully trained using positive reinforcement and teaching them that they must work for what they get. Wanna go out? Sit first. Time to eat? Go to the corner and sit quietly while I get the food ready. This is leadership and dogs understand these concepts very well.
Good article, Tim! I don't use a clicker with my dogs but I am a firm believer in NEVER using physical force with a dog and always making sure my dogs know that I control all good things. I believe that almost every dog can be successfully trained using positive reinforcement and teaching them that they must work for what they get. Wanna go out? Sit first. Time to eat? Go to the corner and sit quietly while I get the food ready. This is leadership and dogs understand these concepts very well.
I absolutely agree with you there and that is the philosophy I have with my labrador retriever.
Tim C. Thank you for the article . It goes with what I have been trying to say in my post here. I told some one else here in a DM that I will worry about my dog becoming dominate over me the day Dash starts driving my car! Dash is a typical man in a car and seems to think he should be driving so watches my ever move and shoots me looks like " Should you be doing that? Do you know where you are going? Don't let that guy pass you" In my Honda he wants to be in the front while Jazz loves the back seat no way would she be caught dead up front with the chauffeur. Both are very unhappy in the Subaru outback where they have to ride in the far back. But yea the day Dash passes me on the freeway driving the Honda is the day I will worry about who is in charge!
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