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Thanks for the response, its really fascinating to read it all. My first rule for ANYTHING is to be open minded. (this stems from a separate issue dealing with the egos in medicine) And to start off, I'd like to say that of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion and at the end of the...

I will definitely give that method a try. Im very patient and I can outwait my dog anyway :) I'll go slow and in small increments. thanks!

Thank you, this helps a lot. Because she is a big dog, about 80lbs, tugging on the leash she does not even notice unless I do it really hard. But "hard" is relative, she's huge. A simple flick of the wrist for a 20lbs dog is not goign to cut it. I will try the stop and go method. She's part...

lizzybeth, what exactly in my post did you find that was the "do not try at home" techniques? Btw, when i said ecollar, i was referring to her elizabethian collar from surgery. (the huge plastic white cone). When she comes in and rams her head to be petted, the cone destroys my shins. I dont...

Im new to the board.. been lurking for a while and there's good information. I adopted an 8 year old dog and she is really well behaved in certain areas but some things not so much. Things she's good at: not being dominant, calm, submissive, somewhat timid, no aggression at all with food...