And that's not just about bringing out play in your dog, by the way, that's one of the most hilarious about training. It is everything about training. It is very difficult for dogs to take our word for it that something is important. It is not innately important to them. Maybe we're teaching them to do something that we think is a really big deal and left to their own devices it fits none of their natural behaviors and none of their sensibilities. Tell them that this is important.

Kim & Laura are usually on the same page with regards to training, but when it comes to playing tug with dogs they have differing opinions. Tug is a mutual killing game where you are a teammate with your dog killing the toy; it is not you against your dog fighting for the toy...