I see more and more clearly that we are losing touch with some important lessons from the horse world that would make living with our dogs much easier and more straightforward.

Lately a few of my students have been struggling with very intelligent, high drive dogs who enjoy pushing their person’s buttons. If you say sit, they lie down. If you ask for got to mat, they offer a trick. If you send them to fetch up a dumbbell, they go out, turn and face you and sit.