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[I am now actively retired from dealing with the typical public... I love working with dogs, but the puppy owners (Jeff and Michelle not withstanding) drove me completely nuts!]

Anyhow, Jeff and Michelle still have their Dalmatian, 'Dotty,' that's now near 11 years-old.

I've a...

I was having dinner last week with Jeff and Michelle--two of my first dog instruction clients, when I branched from my own personal and began South Bay K-9 Academy in Southern California, in 1994.

[I am now positively retired from working with the typical public... I love dealing with dogs, but the pet owners (Jeff and Michelle not withstanding) drove me completely nuts!]

Anyhow, Jeff and Michelle still have their Dalmatian, 'Dotty,' that's now near to 11 years-old.

I've always thought it was interesting that the one thing people appear to remember from my 3-24 page dog instruction book, 'Secrets of the Professional Dog Trainer'! is that I would suggest spitting in your dog's food.

As though this were the secret key to getting a well behaved dog.

Regardless, this indicates to be the thing that almost everybody remembers--from literally hundreds of dog training guidelines I present in the book, o-n our website Dogproblems.com, and in our discussion forum.

Why do I suggest spitting in your dog's food?

Because you are noticing your dog food along with your smell. And because the Alpha dog in-the package always eats first.

This is a simple way to talk to your dog that you're the pack leader. But this alone will not do-it. You have to be acting such as for instance a pack leader in most other part of your dog's life, too. Such as for instance being the first ever to walk through a door. To explore additional info, consider peeping at: what are your options. Or showing your puppy where to lay down, and when he is permitted to eat. And making sure you follow-through and enforce any and every demand that you provide.

I take a lot of guff from people--especially other dog trainers--who misinterpret my advice and believe that spitting in your dog's food is the only thing you have to do tol make you the Alpha dog. It is not.

Well, not any more than the 10-0 other delicate things you need to do to talk that you're the pack leader. I usually stress to new dog owners that t