[jlhnokc]

I completely agree with positive reinforcement, but am also in the camp of a correction should be used when needed. If you never correct your dog, or let them know you don't like a behavior, how will they ever know it's not acceptable? Where's the logic in that? If a dog is sitting around chewing on a leash and is never taught differently, he will never know that behavior is not acceptable and will never "not do it". A lot of posters post about their puppys biting so much and the advice is always to redirect, and I agree with that, but what I think needs to be added is something to let your pup no you don't like it. With Jaycee when she was a pup and would bite on my fingers or anything else, I would tell her "NO BITE", then I would find a toy and give it to her, and when she bit on it gave her praise and played with her...Using this way took only a few days before she knew not to bite me. I also never allowed people to engage her in play without a toy...