What Do You Want Him To Do Instead?
Posted on September 18, 2008
for the longest time i have been battling with liame whenever he gets in or out of the car. while i am opening up the back of the car he is usually running around wherever we are looking for something to eat or chew. this frustrates the hell out of me. i dont think there is anything i hate more than trying to fish things out of his mouth.
so after having it drilled into my head by my canine studies program instructor, i sat down and thought about the problem i was having and asked myself the question, “what would you rather have him do instead?” my response: all i want him to do is just sit and stay. for last couple of days before entering and after exiting the car i have told liame to “sit” and then “stay”. dude it worked like a charm. look at the picture in the post, how cool is that? but now i feel sooooooooo incredibly stupid. it took me a really long time to figure out that i was expecting him to know how to act when getting in and out of a car. it makes me wonder how in the world a normal person without hours and hours of dog psychology and training behind them end up with well behaved dogs.
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