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I Think Some Dogs May Like The Attention Of Being Dressed Up By Their Humans Because They Interpret It As Affection, But Unless It's Something That You've Made The Dog Used To From The Time It Was A Puppy, It's Probably Going To Always Feel A Little Weird And Unnatural To The Dog. This Doesn't Mean I Think People Should Never Dress Their Dogs Up As Long As They Do It For The Right Reasons. If You're Putting Booties And A Coat On Your Dog To Protect It From The Weather, Then That's A Pretty Legitimate Reason.

Dogs In America Get More Affection Than Women In Most Third World Countries.

I Do Think There Are Some Dogs - Although It's Very, Very Rare - That Do Have To Be Kept Away From All Other Dogs And All Humans Except For The One Strong Pack Leader Whom They Trust. But I Think I've Run Into Less Than A Handful Of Dogs That Were Like That In My Entire Career.

The Thing About Discipline Is That People Misunderstand The Word Discipline. People Think Discipline In The Dog World Is Punishment. Discipline Is How You Achieve What You Want To Achieve In Life. You Have To Be Very Focused, Very Disciplined, Very Consistent, Very Diligent. All Of Those Things.

You Cannot "love" A Dog Out Of Her Bad Behavior, Just As You Can't "love" A Criminal Into Stopping His Crimes.