
"Teaching a dog to be obedient is no different to teaching any other creature, human or otherwise. Behaviour and long-term learning depends upon creating the right environment, rewarding the behaviour you want to see established and either punishing or ignoring the behaviour that is undesired. One should also satisfy the expectations one is shaping and repeat the experience until it is learned and is automatically reproduced in given situations. Now then, stop being so darn highbrow about establishing correct table manners and let the poor dogs taste the meat. They're starving!" William Forde: October 14th, 2013.