Reinforce behavior you want
BEFORE You Get Your Puppy by Ian Dunbar
To paraphrase the publishers, they believe very strongly that preventing the development of extremely common and utterly predictable puppy problems is the only way to prevent the unnecessary euthanasia of millions of unwanted shelter dogs. Please click here to purchase on Amazon.
Exposure to new things, Halloween version
Puppies go through a critical development phase during which exposure (safely and positively!) to new things is critical for their development. The more exposure they get in safe, fun, positive ways the better for their social development. Romeo at the Halloween store However, it’s just as important to continue their socialization and exposure [...]
“Wait” for permission to greet/investigate
My dogs are not allowed to greet without permission, regardless of whether it’s dogs or people. But I also want my dogs to wait before chasing something or checking out something interesting. That can be even harder than waiting to greet for some dogs. A situation we encountered recently brought to mind how very important [...]