Thora Thibaut Quotations

Basically, I teach people how to train their dogs. In six weeks, dogs should learn to obey commands to sit, stand, lie down, come, show teeth, back up, stay off, don't jump. Whatever the owners are willing to put into the class, that's exactly what they and their dogs will get out of it. Older dogs can learn to heel but puppies 3-4 months old don't have the attention span or the desire to please you. When they're older, they can take a little more pressure to learn.

Dogs are also like people in that they need to learn something every day to keep their minds stimulated. He needed to learn basic behavior, like heeling when I was riding my house, and how to behave in public.

Not being consistent and not being fair are two mistakes dog owners make. I see it in class. They come to class and I show them how to do something, but they're not listening, just expecting too much too quickly from their dog.

All dogs are trainable if you have the time and put in the effort. It's sometimes the people you can't train. Ninety-eight percent of the things that dogs do wrong, it's the person, not the dog, who is at fault.