06/30/2026
I Don’t Care What Anyone Says. Correcting Your Dog Saves Your Dog’s Life.
This is Simba. A 6 month old Golden Doodle Puppy. Happy go lucky, loves everyone, wants to greet every dog, jumps on people, and eats anything off the floor. Normal puppy stuff, but normal puppy stuff can become dangerous and even lethal.
Here’s what people get wrong about corrections. They think it means being harsh or unfair. It doesn’t. It means creating clarity.
In this video I’m showing Simba and his owners what no means and what happens next. If he listens, he gets rewarded. If he ignores me after I give the command, there is a leash pop aka the correction. That’s fair because I already communicated what I’m asking.
The pattern is simple. No means don’t interact with it, don’t go to it, don’t eat that. Make the right choice and you get rewarded.
Simba catches on quickly and starts choosing the reward more often. That means I barely have to correct him at all, and that’s the goal.
The truth is, I don’t want to correct my dog. It’s never the goal. But dogs need clarity so they understand what is right and wrong. Otherwise they can eat something dangerous, run into the street, approach the wrong person, or put themselves in a bad situation.
The real test of training is balance. If you’re correcting more than rewarding, something needs to change. But if you’re rewarding more than correcting, you’re building a healthy, fair relationship where your dog understands you and respects you.
Reward more than you correct. That’s the balance.
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