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The concept of correcting your dog can create a contest of willpower between you and your pet. Anyone who has ever lived with even a slightly naughty dog can tell you that such critters thrive on contests of willpower. A four year old child whining in Walmart for a candy bar still hasnt got the reserve of willpower held by the average dog.

For example, if youve ever corrected your dog from getting up on the couch or eating off a counter, he knows you dont like him doing it. Does he stop? Heck no. He simply does the behavior when youre not looking. Or maybe he even does it in front of you with a look that says, go ahead, try and stop me.

Thats because Fido knows what you want. But he just knows he has the option of doing it anyway because maybe, just maybe, today is the day when mom or dad doesnt have the strength to deal with me.

The answer is NOT to yell at or correct your dog more or harder. Thats a hard lesson to learn for most pet owners. But as you may have found by now, correcting more and more simply makes for an enjoyable challenge for the dog. He thinks, Go ahead, make my day, because I feel lucky today, punk.

Lets take luck out of the training process!

Here is a set of simple instructions to follow to stop your dog from doing an indoor behavior such as getting on the couch, snarfing food off counters, eating the trash, etc.

1. Do not reprimand the dog. Youll only teach him to wait till youre not around if you do so.

2. Instead, keep a supply of empty plastic milk jugs handy all over your house.

3. Into each empty gallon or gallon jug, place a couple handfuls of dried beans and replace the cap.

4. When you find the dog on the sofaor better yet eyeballing it with intentloft a jug so that it lands on or near your dog, depending on his size or temperament.

5. When you throw the jug, DO NOT look at or even say anything to your dog, and do not pick up the jug again in your dogs presence.

6. Your dog will think, Hmmm, God drops a loud bomb on my head every time I even look at the couch.

This process will not harm your dog as it certainly does not hurt. In fact, it wont even hurt his feelings because you havent yelled at him. However, it will make the behavior a great deal less fun than it was before.

You may only have to do the above once or twice to make the couch (trash, or whatever) a bad place for Fido. But what you have removed from the contest is YOURSELF. You have made the contest between Fido and God, and believe me, God always wins.

Marc Goldberg is a dog trainer specializing in the rehabilitation of difficult dogs and improving relationships. He is Vice President of the International Association of Canine Professionals (IACP) and Editor of SafeHands Journal. The author also educates professional dog trainers in his techniques. Visit him on the web at http://www.chicagodogtrainer.com or http://www.dogtraininginchicago.com.Chocolate Cause Acne Infant Acne Get Clear Skin For Modeling
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America has successfully celebrated another Independence Day. I could be corrected in my calculation, but I believe every American celebrated this great holiday in some fashion, with barbecues aplenty along with many firework displays. All government offices, banks and many businesses were closed in observance of this holiday.

One thing about Independence Day is that it is a great American holiday of which few people object to.

Americans, overall, love to celebrate ... anything. And I dont know anybody who did not join in the celebration of Independence Day. Its not a right or left celebration. Its not a Republican or Democrat celebration. Its not a conservative or liberal celebration. Its an American celebration.

Independence Day is not like other holidays such as Christmas or Easter, which are religious holidays engendering all kinds of emotional responses for and against. Every year we seem to have what some call the Christmas battle. Some people believe in Christmas, others do not. Some people celebrate Christmas, others do not. Unfortunately, the ones who do not celebrate Christmas are the ones offended by those who do celebrate Christmas.

Go figure. I guess the old Ebenezer Scrooge still haunts the land.

But Independence Day is different. It is a celebration of our American freedoms. We may disagree on what those freedoms are from time to time but no American disagrees with the fact that this country is the land of the free. Whether it is the land of the brave, only future historians will be able to tell us that.

America is in a great struggle now, concerning illegal immigration. Thinking about this I am wondering if Native Americans are not rethinking the leniency of their immigration policy way back when. They did not have a good policy and look what happened to them.

Our good old American philosophy is, I may not agree with what you say, but Ill fight to the death for your right to say it.

Some people might not think this is a great country. If that is true, why does everybody in the world want to come here? Maybe I am missing something, but I do not see a mad immigration rush to China n or, for that matter, to Russia or any other country in the world.

In many countries, the epitome of success is immigrating to America. That is the one goal they work for all their life. If they cannot go, they do everything in their power to make sure their children can go to America, so they can experience the American dream n to become whatever they want to become.

The big problem we are having with immigration only proves how great our country is. We may not all agree on the solution to this problem, but recognizing this problem only proves what a great nation we are.

The greatness of our country is also seen in the fact that all our politicians have failed in destroying our country. My take on these politicians is, how can so few cause so much trouble for so many people? And the crazy part of it is, the American people vote these politicians in office knowing full well how bad they are going to screw up our country once they get in office.

If elected politicians were half as smart as running-for-election-politicians, we would not have all the problems in our country. I think when a politician is sworn into office something happens. Im not sure what happens, but I think it has to do with frying brain cells. After all, the word elected sort of resembles electrocuted.

The statesmen of yesterday have faded away, only to be replaced by self-serving politicians who cannot think beyond the next election. If the electorate was smart, it will insist on passing a law forbidding any politician to run for reelection. The moment thoughts of reelection come to mind that politician would be sent to a rehab center until those thoughts faded away. Personally, I would insist on a three strikes and youre out policy.

Although all Americans celebrate Independence Day, many have forgotten the tremendous sacrifice making it possible. Looking back over our history, we can see that there have been a few Americans who have sacrificed for the benefit of all Americans. Some of those few have given the ultimate sacrifice.

I may not like war, and the consequences involved in war, but I realize it is the foundation of our Independence Day. Freedom never comes cheap. Maintaining that freedom is the costliest thing a nation can do, often sacrificing the lives of its best citizens. From the Revolutionary War all the way to present day, our American freedom has been a constant struggle and battle.

All Americans today and tomorrow are the beneficiaries of the sacrifice of the few.

Our spiritual freedom is also the result of the suffering and sacrifice of the one for the many. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. (Romans 5:15 KJV.)

Because of this, the apostle Paul could say, Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. (Galatians 5:1 KJV.)

All freedom, national and religious, comes with a price vigilance. Negligence always ends in bondage.

Let us thank the few for our national liberty and the One for our spiritual liberty. The two go hand-in-hand.

James L. Snyder is an award winning author and popular columnist living with his wife, Martha, in Ocala, Florida and can be contacted at jamessnyder2@att.net. Southern Illinois Real Estate For Sale
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