To get the dog to change or learn a behavior, we have to be sure they 1) Understand what we want, 2) Want to obey and listen to us.

Remember, dogs communicate primarily non-verbally. So if you want to communicate with your dog…. consider they MAY pay more attention to what you DO than what you say.

To become more important to your dog (so they listen better) these tips can help:

• Talk less
  
• Control their Food
  • Be sure they understand that their food comes from you! Not magically appears on the kitchen floor every day.
  • Increase the work they do for the food regularly. Whatever they do today, make them do more in the future.

• Control their freedom
  • Have them sit and stay before they go through a door
  • Have them stay out of a room they don’t need to be in
  • You control whether they get on furniture

• Control their fun
  • When you play with them be sure you’re in control of the game
  • Don’t leave ALL their toys out. They should have a chew toy available.