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A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.

Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity.

You have to train a dog to think.

Training a dog, to me, is on a par with learning to dance with my wife or teaching my son to ski. These are fun things we do together. If anyone even talks about dominating the dog or hurting him or fighting him or punishing him, don't go there.

You can teach an old dog new tricks, and this old dog wants to learn.

You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.

I wish my kid would act like my dog sometimes. My dog listens to me and does what I tell him to do.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.

Dogs notice, they share, they draw conclusions, they like it when they're able to be of service and are touchingly grateful when they're praised.