When dogs don't listen to their owners, it is often due to two main factors. The first is inappropriate environmental training (we don't call it socialization anymore). This leads to excessive excitability and reinforced engagement with humans and other dogs. The second factor is a responsive dog-training approach, in which the dog guardian cues behaviors--"sit" / "down" /" come" /"leave" / etc.-- in the middle of a difficult situation. In the latter, the basic training is ru