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HEY NOW...what's wrong with using bits of treats or food as bribery
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The idea being to tie into the dog's ultimate desire to please Alpha (that being you
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The book is a great read, and it really is a great way to get a dog to behave the way you want him to, because he want's to do it. You get to spend time with your companion, and it teaches
you how to behave as much as it does the dog.
No treats, no punishments (AT ALL)...works miracles (imvho).
20-30 min. training sessions and then some play time...believe me, the dog is
working hard during that session. We would meet with a class of other dogs twice a week, do "homework" between sessions, and the graduate three months later. I'd love to have taken a video of the first class with dogs all over the place, and then graduation with them all sitting happily side-by-side while their proud owners looked at them from twenty feet away.