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Change Your Thinking

Writer: Carolyn Ross
Carolyn Ross
Jan 11
1 min read

REWARD THE BEHAVIORS YOU WANT TO TEACH, instead of punishing the behaviors you want to stop. For example, if your dog jumps up on you to greet you and you would prefer he keep ‘four on the floor’, find a way to reward your dog while he is “grounded” and BEFORE he...

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