Basic Training

I volunteer at the local County shelter and walk dogs. It gets them out of the cages for a few minutes, allows them to breath some fresh air and get away from the noise for a little while. One problem that I see there is the large number of dogs who are returned to the shelter because the adopters do not know how to train their new companions. Many of these dogs are good, sweet, loving animals who may have an annoying habit, like pulling on the leash when walking, or barking at cars.  These are behaviors that are easily corrected. Certainly this is no reason to return a dog to a shelter, where the odds are, they will be put to sleep. There are many resources available to help humans better understand the way a dog thinks and to change the behavior that is bothering them. Old dogs DO learn new tricks !!