Dear Darcian's, Many people come to me to train their dogs because they do not have the knowledge that is required to work with the dog. This is fine and extremely understandable. But, one thing that many people are confused on is how I spend the first ten minutes of meeting a client telling them about pack structure. How absurd, right? When training a dog, you have to have basic knowledge on why a dog might act in specific ways. Why do they want to guard their food? Why do they growl while staring out the window? Why are Amazon deliveries so scary to them? Why, why, why???? I will start off by saying that when you adopt a dog and bring it home, you are introducing it to YOUR territory. Your house will reek of you and everyone else who lives there. Dogs go by their instinct and at first it is telling them that they are on someone else's territory. This can be terrifying for the more submissive dog, and for the dominant dog, it can lead to altercations. Again, why does this hap...