The most exciting parts of dog training are at the beginning when they just start bonding with you, looking genuinely proud when you’re happy, when they first learn their name and how to do those first few tricks. Everything is treat-based and you are just luring them around into positions you want and feeling positive and successful. You tell all your friends your going to quit your job and become a dog trainer... is that just me? Some of the defeating parts are tackling the annoying, ingrained behaviours, especially when adopting an adult dog, or, when, your dog has started to learn the mistakes you make and to recognize the things they can get away with. -- Pierre with his friend, Joey Bats Pierre’s most challenging behaviour has long been learning how to navigate his excitement levels and his dog reactivity. When we first got Pierre, the vague impression I had heard about him was that he was, “dominant with other dogs and will not be good in dog pa...