Dog Health Questions: Help with dog training? (Nothing is FREE)?

Hey so i want to teach my dog the NIF program. I just don't really understand it at the moment. Should i challenge every right like hopping up on my bed. It also says to ignore him when he wants attention and give him it only when i want to show dominance? That seems kind of cold.

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This program is COMPLETELY unneccessary if you do not have a dominant/aggressive dog.

Time-Tested Tips On Behavior Dog Training For Beginners

• It's really important not to greet your dog when you come home. Your dog may be crazy hyper, singing a little doggy love song, whatever, but it's best to just ignore them. When you greet your dog, you are exhibiting behavior that submissive dogs would show to the alpha dog (the leader of the pack). Your dog should greet you, since you are the alpha, and you can show it attention after it has been calm for a while. It's important that you don't let your dog get away with dominant behavior because this will make them think that they are above you in the pack.


• It *IS cold. The Nothing In Life Is Free program was started as a way to retrain spoiled, bossy dogs. It didn't always work. Then, surprise! The research scientists and all of Britain's leading behaviorists announced to the world, back in 1995, that the pack theory and dominance and using things like the NILIF program were all wrong.
  
  Want to train a dog to sit at the door and so on? Then clicker train your dog. It is easy to learn. Have a look at the kikopup videos on youtube. The trainer is amazing, the dogs are great and a lot of the training is off leash. The videos not only show what the trainer's dogs can do, she shows you how to do it, too.


• I trained all my dogs at home with just dog training books I got from the library. Treat a dog with respect but they also need to know that YOU are the leader.Violence is never necessary to train a dog. Love and praise are what a dog wants, they want to please you. And the whole ignore a dog when he wants attention thing is crap. If you're dog is listening to you and obeying, praise him and give him a treat. If he is not, then you use your voice to correct him and try it again. If it doesn't work, put him in his kennel for ten or 20 minutes and come back and try again. Hope this helps and good luck with your dog!


• Ok, your post made no sense man.
  
  You basically want to show him your boss. If he gets on the bed, make him get down. Do ignore him when he is being crazy hyper, like when you come home, because if you pet him he thinks that is good behavior.
  
  I ignore mmy dog when I come home and only pet him about a half hour after I come home. When he is calm I want to reward him for being calm.
  
  I would read up on Cesar Millan's stuff. It works better that whatever NIF is. It isnt confusing either


• It's not cold, you are just showing him that he can't have his way.