Effort to Entice That Dynamic

cthulhu, I notice you pretty much always quoteback the whole comment. Any reasoning behind that? And I hope you don't mind if I only partially quoteback yours.

Dogs and men have been in close proximity long enough to have evolved together. We have instinctive knowledge of each others' social dynamic....

Yes, indeed - but it may take some effort to entice that dynamic if there's been mistreatment.

When this guy first came to us, he was abandoned and apparently had been ill-treated. Took a long while to rein in his wilder behaviors like running off-property or barking perpetually, and especially to alleviate his anticipating being punished for any slight.

But lots of patience, love, long walks and repeated instruction, along with his eagerness to please, to learn what his "job" was, eventually got us trained to each other. Lots of credit to Milady for that.

Best thing was, at least, he came to us house-trained.