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๐ŸŽง Denise Fenzi on Saying "No" to Your Dog

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Have you been told never to tell your dog "no"? That you should always tell them what to do instead? Maybe you've heard that positive trainers don't say "no" at all?

Have you caught your dog doing something naughty and wondered, "How do I stop this without being harsh?"

I had a chat with Denise Fenzi, a trainer I've admired for more than a decade and whose work has shaped a lot of how I train. We talked about something many of us feel unsure about: saying no to our dogs.

Ideally we set up our dogs to be successful, so we don't have to correct them, but real life doesn't always go that smoothly.

There's a lot of room between yelling "NO!" and calmly saying, "Uh-uh, we're not doing that, we're going this way."

In the episode, Denise explains how a dog can learn that "no" means "no", without fear.

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