Dr. Cliff Redford

Right.

And later on, he's going to he's going to eventually sort of, OK, now I'm going to sit.

So here's what my behaviorist, Vincent, here's what Vincent had us do with our dog.

And my dog, he claimed the couch as his for everybody but me.

I was in charge, but I didn't realize he was being aggressive or dominant towards my children.

So...

Vincent basically said, first of all, Ruben has to have a leash on.

You need to put a six, seven, eight foot leash on him anytime he's in the house for the next 30 days.

Because what you're going to do is anytime he's up on the couch, you're going to give him a command to come off.

He's not going to listen at first.

Well, then you can safely...

direct him off with the leash.

And then you get him to sit, you look him in the eyes, and then you tell him to go up on the couch.

And so he's gonna be learning, okay, I'm only allowed on the couch when dad says so, but if I follow dad's commands, and everyone in the family should do this, I get sort of rewarded because I get on the couch.

He also cannot dictate any of your behaviors.

Does he, when you're sitting at the table, does he come up and rub against your leg so you then pet him with your foot?

Adam's nodding his head yes.

Pet him with your foot or you lean down and you pet him.

Well, he's basically told you to pet him.

Right.