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[quote=Anonymous]Honestly, I became a dog owner in my 40s for the first time. I read all about it... bla, bla. I am from Europe. My golden flunked the puppy school! Well, he didn't really flunk it, he did what they wanted to get a piece of hot dog and then acted all frenzied to socialize with people. When certified instructor told me, I am not firm enough, and I am the problem(he was around 4 months old) I told her, here you go, and gave her the leash for a period if time. She did no better. And then made me and her assistant train outside with just one dog and my puppy.
So, we tried to clicker, the food belt, the truth is maybe my dog is defective? Or he was bred to be a lovey dovey towards people?
I then did what made sense to me, more or less German approach. And there dogs will walk ahead of you and stop when you order dog to stop. I guess what? He does. The other day, he escaped through the dog my dd left open, and ran half the street up. DH ran after him, and I just showed up at the door, yelled his name and come, and he came straight back, and I yelled sit and lay down and he did. I can honestly tell you that now he is the best behaved dog on walks, he doesn't pull and I don't make him go behind me. He has a loose leash, pulling the leash tight is how he knows I am not happy. He sits and lays down, he runs with me when I run or runs by my bike like a perfectly trained dog. I say up, and he goes on grass, I say, switch, he goes to the other side of me on walks.
And I say, night, night, he goes to his rug by my bed, I say ""back he goes up the stairs to his spot if we have visitors. And all that nonsense about no walking ahead of you, means you losing status? Nonsense in our case. But, yeah, kindness, and sometimes a strong voice, that worked for my dog in the end. There is no battle of the wills between my dog and me, he is a dog and turning your back to him is alpha behavior, imo. It took a lot of repetition, and a lot of praise, that's all. So, who knows maybe I got a defective golden?[/quote]

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