Oh, how helpful it must be to be the sole trainer in the house. Of course it puts a lot of pressure on you to always make wise decisions because it’s amazing how quickly our little snickerdoodles will learn something entirely new if we lapse just once.

I feel so lucky that Honey doesn’t have a sensitive stomach. That would make our issue so much worse!

Sounds like “positive punishment” was the key to training your human. Dog vomit is a powerful motivator. 🙂

Yep, your first priority is to keep your dogs happy, not some stranger.

It’s always nice when people understand that not all dogs are ready to greet strangers.

Ryder is actually in a study at Yale. It’s to help understand how dogs think and reason. And they have done tests like this, I should write about it one of these days.

Emmett and food, Honey and people. When a dog is highly motivated by something, we just have to work with it as best we can, eh?

Do you find many strangers offering decent dog treats? We see an awful lot of milk bones.

I wonder if it’s easier to get people to accept a “no” when it’s obvious your dog is doing a job?

Jaxson is still quite young. One day you’ll look up and realize that he has developed perfect leash manners and you’ll ask yourself, “Now when did that happen?”

BTW, I thought Jaxson did great on the leash when I had them briefly at BlogPaws. You must have especially high standards. 🙂