But What Do You Want?

Often we focus on what our dogs are doing that we don't want.  But here is a secret - if you can define what you would like your dog to do in that situation, and the steps to teach that, you will make more progress towards your goal.

Recently I was reminded of this in my own life, as adolescent Liv started barking more and more when it was time to go outside first thing in the morning, and when I got home at night after teaching classes.  I did the usual shushing her, and as you can probably guess, it didn't do anything.  It wasn't until I stepped back and put on my dog trainer hat that I saw change.

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