Kathy Callahan, CPDT-KA, asserts we should manage and train a dog as if it is a captive animal out of his element, because he is. She suggests pretending the dog is a tiger and to not expect dogs to know our human ways. Flipping that mental switch from dog to tiger makes owners smarter, kinder and more open to problem-solving.
Source: Whole Dog Journal, August 10, 2022. Link.
. . . the best trainer in the world can’t help you when you have impossible expectations about a member of another species who landed in your human home.” – Kathy Callahan, CPDT-KA