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Your Dog Isn't Disrespecting You
Your dog is not plotting against you. On this episode of The Daily Dog, Nicole Forto draws the line most owners miss: understanding a behavior is not the same as tolerating it.
Jumping, leash pulling, counter surfing, and a stolen sock are not revenge. They are patterns that paid off. Nicole walks through the third option between "he's disrespecting me" and "he's just being a dog": teach the behavior you want, set the boundary, and follow through every time.
Key points
Disrespect is a human word. Dogs learn by what happens next.
The useful question is not "why is he defying me?" It is "what…
The skinny
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