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Why won't my dog come back? PDF Print E-mail

There is only one reason why anyone's dog won't come back when called. It's because you're boring. If your dog would rather sniff a lamppost, rummage in a hedgerow, scamper off to meet other dogs or people, or chase a squirrel, it's because they think all those things are more interesting than you are.

To get your dog to come back every time, you have to be more interesting than anything else on earth. A tall order perhaps? Yes, but certainly achievable.

 

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How do dogs learn? PDF Print E-mail

An Introduction to Principle Based Dog Training

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Who is in control of your relationship: you, or your dog?

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How Do I Stop My Dog Chasing? PDF Print E-mail
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Many dogs are confined to a lead, re-homed, or worse, because their owners can’t stop them chasing.  It’s not their owners’ fault, they’ve spent hours out in the foulest weather shouting, yelling, pleading, cajoling and worrying. The better dog trainers tell them, "It’s a recall problem. More obedience exercises!" and that might help for a while, but the problem’s deeper than that.

In order to find the answer though, we need to ask a different question. It’s not, "How do I stop my dog chasing...", or even, "Why does my dog chase…?" but rather, "What does my dog get out of chasing?"

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