House Rules & Good Manners

One of the best things about being a WDJ product review writer is having the opportunity to play with all the fun stuff that we review. As a professional trainer, it helps me in my business, too, to be able to try out new products before I invest in them myself (or encourage my clients to buy them). So it was with great interest and curiosity that I agreed to test products designed to keep dogs “off” or “away from” forbidden furniture, counters, or other areas of the house. I must have been temporarily senile; for a moment I forgot how very opposed I am to most aversive training tools. When the products arrived and I removed them from the box I immediately realized my ethical dilemma.

she probably shouldn't be in public until she's had some remedial "downtown hound" lessons.üTeach your dog "leave it

the next step is to give the cue

specific situation.üBaby gates

you risk "flooding" the dogs

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