For the first minutes of contact or returning home, use no looking, touching, or speaking.

When affection goes to the dog and rules go to the human partner, the dog gains authority.

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Foster first. It tests a family’s agreement, habits, boundaries, limitations, and follow-through…

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Affection at the wrong moment can strengthen the very behavior you want your dog to stop.

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Set one absolute boundary: never allow human skin inside your dog’s mouth, regardless of…

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When people come home, they often mistake their need to be adored for a dog’s need for calm…

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Dogs absorb the distress of grieving people and hospital patients, then need restorative activity…

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Highly excited human greetings teach dogs to greet others excitedly, increasing behaviors like…

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Off-leash dogs behave well when they stay in a follower state, as guide dogs and many homeless…

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