Ty The Dog Guy On The Daily

In this post, I’m going to be talking specifically about jumping and biting. I’ve spoken about this a few days ago in another post, but I want to address it head-on here. I just got off the phone with a gentleman who told me: “I’ve got this young dog, and every time the previous owner would give him a toy every time he tried to bite.” This dog is five months old, and now all he does is bite his owner—because he wants to play! This is a method that is being taught by positive trainers, who usually advocate ignoring bad behavior by trying to get the dog to do something else. Not surprisingly, this method often fails. I often see this among people who say things like: “We’ve been working with a trainer for about six months, but our dog is still jumping, so we’re kind of looking around for different training options.” My response is always to tell people that getting a dog to stop jumping should take six minutes, not six months! Later, I find out that their trainer told them to turn their back every time the