I got a question in, somebody said, Susan, do you believe there's a place in dog training

for the word no?

Now, I'm not going to say what is right or wrong.

I will just share with you.

I did a little experiment when I read this question.

I turned on my iPhone and I faced it at the dogs who were sitting near me as I read this question

and I tested their response. What do you guys think when I yell no? Or I point my finger at you

and you yell no. Check it out. Let's see what you guys understand. No. Or I point my finger at you and yell no. Check it out.

Let's see what you guys understand. No.

The response is their ears stay up high up on their head. They wag their tail.

They're like, we don't understand what you're saying, but usually when you pay attention

to us, something amazing is about to happen. So, so it's clear, I don't use the word no with my dogs

and I'm not saying that I'm right or somebody else is wrong. So if my dogs were into something,

they shouldn't be. Let me just

think, tater salad would be the most classic example. Tater salad likes to pee on my flowers.

And I don't like him to pee on my flowers. So, what do I do? Two things. I call his name.

If I'm calling your name, I'm saying, I need you to orient to me. Stop

what you're doing and orient to me. And so that's what my dogs know. Stop what you're

doing and orient to me. Now, is that a reinforcement? Yes, it is. But that's where being present

for what your training life is like with your dog comes into play. So, when I'm saying your name and saying,

I don't like what you're doing, so stop what you're doing and orient to me, and then I'm going

to give you, you know, either come here or get away from that or let's go on and do something

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