? never stop learning?????   ok...... sizzle refused to get on a table i have set in the yard...  she looked at me with a "what are you ??? nutts????" she knew darn well what i was asking and turned away... sizzle is not what you would. call a disobedient dog.... so what's going. on??- wellllllllll...  remember a few weeks ago i spouted on the. faCT THAT SHE DID NOT LIKE GETTING OUT OF THE CAR .. UNTIL I SPREAD HER TOWEL ON THE GROUND- AT WHICH TIME SHE WOULD PLANT HER 2 FRONT FEET ON THE TOWEL...   I ASSUMED IT WAS THE ACORNS ON THE GROUND THAT WERE HURTING HER FEET WHEN SHE LANDED ON ONE... AND THAT MAY BE TRUE....  SHE CERTAINLY JUMPS RIGHT OFF ONTO THE "RED CARPET" TOWELS SOMEONE SENT US...  BUT NOW REFUSING TO GET UP ON SOMETHING SHE WILL HAVE TO JUMP OFF OF---- FOR WHICH SHE SEES NO REASON....... I AM WONDERING IF SHE HAS HURT HER SHOULDERS SOMEHOW....  SHE RUNS LIKE A DEER--- BUT SHE CLEARLY SAID  "NO "   TO GETTING UP ON. THE TABLE.

SHE IS TELLING ME SOMETHING ... AND I  HAVE NOT YET FIGURED IT OUT.  THERE ARE TIMES WHEN SHE WILL ASK "DO YOU REALY WANT ME TO DO THAT?" AND GIVE ME THE OPTION OF  INSISTING ... 

BASICALLY SHE HAS STARTED THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TABLE- AND I HAVE YET TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT.  MAYBE I TRY A RED TOWEL THERE TOO????  I WILL WORK ON IT.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS ABOUT DOG TRAINING THAT ONE CAN NOT OVERLOOK.  YOU SHOULD NEVER OVERLOOK AN UNEXPECTED BEHAVIOR.. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A REASON.... WHICH YOU MAY LIKE OR NOT LIKE...BUT TRY LOOKING AT THE BEHAVIOR FROM THEIR STANDPOINT.

CLASSIC  PROBLEM

 I OFTEN GET ASKED ABOUT  " SOMETIMES HE WILL JUMP IN THE CAR  WITH US- AND OTHER TIMES HE WON'T".  OK... SO WHAT  IS A VARIABLE ABOUT THE CAR?  LIKE WHO IS IN THE CAR AT TIMES?  ANOTHER DOG HE IS AFRAID OF?  OR A PERSON HE IS BEING ASKED TO SIT NEXT TO AND DOES NOT LIKE???? 

ANOTHER CAR PROBLEM

"HE STOPPED GETTING IN THE CAR".   OH?  DID YOU HAVE AN ACCIDENT (BIG BANG TO HIM THAT MADE HIM FALL?). OR HAVE YOU - OR SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY TAKEN TO JACK RABBIT DRIVING???  MAYBE NEW TEENAGER??( WAS THE CASE ONCE)....

THAT IS WHERE DOG TRAINING TAKES SO MUCH TIME..... TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY SOMETHING IS HAPPENING... AND THEN EITHER ALTER THE  CONDITIONS OR TEACH THE DOG TO ACCEPT THEM. THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS "WRONG"