Why exactly do we train our dogs? So that they don’t destroy the furniture? So that they aren’t a nuisance to others, or a waste of time to us? Because it’s fun? What is that first motivating moment made out of, when you look at the puppy or dog and assume the position – that “yes, I am talking to you” position that says to the dog, let’s work on something together? I think it’s in our genes; just as wanting to work with us is in theirs. I think it’s instinct. You see a dog and you think, let’s discover what I can get him to do. And the dog, I assure you, is going through the same thing on his part. You are, the fact is, training each other.

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