learned. when a task is difficult do you give up? or work it through? before getting a dog think about how you will handle it if the dog turns out to need more work than you thought.
can you and other in the family provide the needed consistency?
dogs don't speak human. they learn by what we do, not by what we say. so if you sometimes mean "sit" when you say "sit", and other times mean "go away" when you say "sit" don't be surprised if the dog never learns what "sit" means to you! they like knowing whether when you use a word whether you mean "you must" or whether 