Your Dog Is Allowed to Say “No.”

Devan
5 min readFeb 4, 2021

They’re intelligent beings. Let’s give them reasonable control of their lives.

This is what advanced training looks like.

Now I know what you’re thinking: “This is that same dickhead that said I can’t tell my dog ‘no.’ My dog is allowed to say ‘no,’ but I can’t!? Ridiculous!” I acknowledge that this sounds like a ridiculous stance to take if you don’t accept two critical facts:

Fact 1: Dogs have a sense of self.

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Devan

Certified dog trainer and behavior consultant, college instructor, etc. AnimalWelfareUnited.com