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Punishment, IMO, is pretty much a non-starter in training animals. Why? Because it occurs after the unwanted behavior and there is no way to connect, in the animal's mind, the punishment to the behavior. It is a failure to communicate. If your dog chews your shoe, for example, while you are at...

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That's interesting, how exactly did they do that?

Not sure I agree dogs desire to please us. They desire to please themselves, and we do things that please them. We feed them, pet them, snuggle them, talk to them, treat them, etc., and all these things feed their desire/ need to be part of a pack. So they stay close to us, repeat actions we...

You have to "speak" the animal's language in order to communicate with it. Example, dogs don't hit each other, so nothing is gained by hitting it except that they learn to fear you. You can communicate something to a horse, however, by thumping it in the ribs with your fist, because horses do...

Could she have a nest out there? She doesn't know she's putting herself in danger. And she's not going out there to make you mad. So ask yourself, what is her motive for going out there? YOU know the dangers, that's why you worry, but she doesn't. Think like a chicken. What's the attraction for...