We’re led to believe — by some trainers, by popular media, often by our own common sense — that training is about sitting on command and jumping through hoops (literally and metaphorically) for a reward.  And what follows is the assumption that the sitting or the jumping are the point.  But they’re not.  What’s important is how your dog feels when you ask him to do something.  The point is how your dog responds in the training moment — and his response comes directly from his emotions.Continue Reading