Forcing Your Dog To Interact With Dogs/People
If your dog doesn’t like a person or a dog, don’t force it to go near that other being. Taking small steps to encourage them out of their comfort zone and giving them rewards for any amount of calm, happy social behavior is important to helping them live a balanced life. But knowing the difference between gentle, rewards-based boundary pushing and forcing an interaction is vital to your dog’s safety and sanity.
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Yet they don’t tell you what the CORRECT way to say stay is!
We also NEVER hook the leash on the neck collar and use a harness when we hook them, many dogs are taken to the vet each year with throat ailments over hooking to collars!