[nagdu] Do you ever get angry with your dogs and how to controleit?

[Cindy Ray]

I think there has been good advice here. If I am frustrated for some reason, 
say lost, and I get angry because the dog won't find our way, I stop, take 
deep breaths, put him at sit, and think, and praise. If he's done something 
like yours did I don'tget over it very fast, but the next time he does 
something right, I praise him profusely. I don't do severe corrections. If 
my dog is distracted by dogs and I can't get him to stop, I stay back, put 
him at sit, and make him do "doggie push ups", down, up, down, up, until he 
seems to be attentive again. But mostly, more praise than anger and they 
soon forget the times you were angry, I'm just sure of that.

Cindy