David Blunkett Quotes

You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.

It's natural canine behavior to chew on all sorts of things, roll in other animals' droppings, hump and fight other dogs, menace anything that invades the home. All these behaviors can be curbed, but that takes a lot of work. Trainers say it requires nearly 2,000 repetitions of a behavior for a dog to completely absorb it.

Do not wave stick when trying to catch dog.

I live with an 18-month-old Jack Russell named Chicken. He moved in about 15 months ago, and it was very hard at first because I work a lot and he doesn't.

You have to train a dog to think.

I took obedience, agility, and shepherding with my dog.

Though each trainer believes his or her method is best, I don't think it matters which method the pet owner adopts so long as that owner finds a capable mentor and sticks with the training. Eventually you will learn to see your dog, and when that happens, the richness of your and your dog's lives will tell you what to do next.

Most owners are at length able to teach themselves to obey their dog.

People say I train dogs, but in many ways I train people.

It is very easy to forget how much of a pain training is when you have a dog for so long, but trust me, it's not as easy and quick as we all hope.

It is the job of the dog trainer to summon the dog's genetics, not to impose man's will over dog's.

The pack is very important for a dog. Once you give him the right pack and the right energy, you look at him.

Americans are very big about loving the dog first, so when you tell them you have to set rules and limitations, a lot of people believe it's going to hurt their feelings. They're actually looking for you to be the pack leader.

Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity.

Training a dog, to me, is on a par with learning to dance with my wife or teaching my son to ski. These are fun things we do together. If anyone even talks about dominating the dog or hurting him or fighting him or punishing him, don't go there.

People teach their dogs to sit; it's a trick. I've been sitting my whole life, and a dog has never looked at me as though he thought I was tricky.

When I'm training a dog, I develop a relationship with that dog. He's my buddy, and I want to make training fun.

I used to work at a puppy nursery.

Owners lavish love on their pets, which is why so many go from non-aggressive pups to being out of control when they're older. People just don't realise their dog must respect them as leader of the pack.

People - and dogs - are dying to be trained.

I'm a natural golden retriever at heart. I'm fine with that now, but there was a time when I tried to keep myself from jumping up on people. I had to make myself sit.

I think I'm good at training dogs, but none of my dogs agree with me on that.

With a dog, people are not disciplined. They think that by spoiling a dog the dog is going to love them more. But the dog misbehaves more because they give affection at the wrong time.

If you want to be friendly with puppies and everyone else because they're so cute, you better be nice to your owners.

In Puppies Behind Bars, when the puppy is eight weeks old it is given to an inmate. The inmate is responsible for the dog.