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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.

No dog is too much for me to handle. I rehabilitate dogs, I train people. I am the dog whisperer.

All training is negotiation, whether you're training dogs or spouses.

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.

People - and dogs - are dying to be trained.

You have to train a dog to think.

I do not believe you can work with animals - certainly you cannot train them - without deciding that if humans have souls, dogs do, too.

I'm a dog person; I've had dogs all my life.

If you have time to be with a dog, and the dog is smart, you come to understand the dog, and the dog understands you. They're not hard to train. But they have to be smart, and you have to spend time with them. It's like coaching. I was a better coach when I had smart players.

When I'm training a dog, I develop a relationship with that dog. He's my buddy, and I want to make training fun.