[Jamie & Odin]

I was just thinking today how proud of my dog I am.

It is the result of training, training, training!

I adopted him in August, he was 8 mos. old and an abused, cowering, submissive peeing, untrained mess of a dog. But cute and sweet:D

He now knows come, sit, down, stay, no, out, get it, find 'em, get down, on walks he follows the command "right here" to walk next to me, along with stop, and OK is his release.

I'm not only impressed with the commands he has learned, but the confidence he has gained! He no longer cowers and pees. In fact, he had gained so much confidence, I finally had to incorporate some corrections into training, as he never had the inclination to test or question my authority. Those tests were minor, and because of all the work we have done, we only needed a couple "come to Jesus" meetings to get (almost) full compliance.

Along with training, I made sure he knew his place as soon as he came into the house, using many of the "regular" dominant/submissive tricks listed numerous times, so I won't do it again.

So, with training and being aware of his place in our household, he is a wonderful, obedient, happy confident dog :D I'm not saying he's "done" with training, or that he's 100% compliant, but the improvements have been incredible.