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Soule: How To Speak Like A Dog
Food is more valuable than gold to your dog. And it's the leader who controls the food. Control your dog's food and you control his mind.
Flora, my 4-year-old dog, sniffed at her food, looked at me, and walked away. "Sorry, kid, no breakfast for you," I said. She'd get another chance to eat at 4 p.m., but now I put her bowl in the fridge.
Flora, well-behaved now, wasn't always a good dog.
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She came to us from the U.S. Virgin Islands as a puppy and, at first, jumped, barked, and counter surfed. She was the leader -- a lousy leader.
I asked, "How do I become Flora's leader?"
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The answer was, "By thinking like a dog."
Carole Soule is the owner of Soule Coaching. Carole trains cows, and now she also trains dogs and their owners. She can be reached at carole@soulecoaching.com.
