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Anonymous
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Don't listen to this retard.
What he is telling you to do is teach your dog to fear you. The dog obeys to avoid punishment (being forced around i.e. pushed into a sit, pulled on a leash, etc) not to get the reward (praise).
Training dogs is a breed to breed, dog to dog thing. For instance, Huskies are intensely independent and do not listen well. This is not a dominance challenge, they are supposed to be like this. They obey only when there's a point or motivation to obey, the reason for this is they were bred as sled dogs to ignore the command of the handler if following it means injury/crash/etc. They need to make independent decisions.
There are a lot of breeds that are similar. It's not stupidity (well, except on the owners part for not being able to comprehend that).
To teach a dog to sit, all you need to do is put a treat (for instance, a toy or food) by his nose. And move it upwards, as his eye follows it looking up he will naturally come to a sit. After a few times he will get it.
Another simple way to teach commands is, when they sit or lay down on their own, say the command with it. They will associate the command with it, that way, you set them up to succeed, not fail.
The dominance theory is a flawed theory, so many holes in it that not even wolf behaviorist believes it, and it doesn't even take into account that humans are not wolves. I mean, fuck, not even Ceasar Milan advocates what the other poster says.
Being a pack leader is all about your energy. You need to always be postive, be someone for the dog to rely on and look up to. The dominant one in a pack is the one who distributes the food, not the most physical one. The ones who fight for rank are the ones below alpha.
TL;DR above poster is moron.
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