You're not getting what you want because you're not asking for what you want...

You’re not getting what you want because you’re not asking for what you want.

If you are having a hard time…

- Getting your dog to come when called - With separation anxiety or extreme fearfulness - Managing your dog out in public - Controlling or trusting your dog around strangers or other dogs - Stopping destructive behavior in your home

It’s not because you lack… - Love - Affection - Nurturing

You are not getting what you want because you are not asking for what you want.

Why? My guess is that you are passively beating around the bush because you are afraid to ruin your relationship with your dog. Or maybe, you just don’t know another way.

Clear leadership is replaced with wishing, hoping, and wanting.

You hesitate. You use weak, passive communication with nothing behind it.

Your tone of voice and body language exude insecurity and defeat.

You wait for your dog to make the right decisions on their own, to “mature” or “calm down with age,” to grow out of the bad behavior.

But they don’t.

Instead, they resist and push back with more disrespectful, embarrassing behaviors.

They ignore you, push you around, and steamroll right over you.

Your passive, insecure, fearful lack of leadership only builds more resistance.

With dogs, passive doesn’t work.

Insecurity doesn’t get results.

Wishing and hoping is not a viable strategy.

Only direct, confident, assertive, assumptive asking gets you what you want.