What about obedience?
Simply put: Sit ain’t shit. It won’t get your dog to come back to you. It won’t eliminate reactivity.
Focus on life skills & leadership first. You need potatoes before the gravy!
Place
Even the best dogs get overly excited. Doesn’t seem like a big deal until they accidentally injure someone.
Picture your dog staying on their bed when guests arrive, during a storm, while you are working from home.
Give your pet their own space. A place to observe, self-soothe, and rest.
Off vs. Down
Humans tend to say “down” when they are asking a pet to get off of something like a couch or bed.
However, we’ve likely taught the pet that word to mean lay down. So they just lay down on the very thing we’re trying to get them to avoid.
Avoid confusion by distinguishing between the two.