Tom Waits Quotes

Beat a dog once and you only have to show him the whip.

If you would wish the dog to follow you, feed him

I love my dogs and I give them affection all the time but it has to be at the right time or they get confused.

Explaining "why" to a dog is pretty useless. You have to engage their instincts in order to change their behavior.

With a dog, people are not disciplined. They think that by spoiling a dog the dog is going to love them more. But the dog misbehaves more because they give affection at the wrong time.

Most owners are at length able to teach themselves to obey their dog.

Circus dogs jump when the trainer cracks his whip, but the really well-trained dog is the one that turns his somersault when there is no whip.

Judiciously show a cat milk, if you wish her to thirst for it. Judiciously show a dog his natural prey, if you wish him to bring it down one day.

They had a... dog called Bluey. A know psychopath, Bluey would attack himself if nothing else was available.

Discipline isn't about showing a dog who's boss; it's about taking responsibility for a living creature you have brought into your world.

No dog is too much for me to handle. I rehabilitate dogs, I train people. I am the dog whisperer.

People - and dogs - are dying to be trained.

Treat them so that they think that they are like dogs. And if they ever believe that they are not like dogs, then you have lost control over them

It is the job of the dog trainer to summon the dog's genetics, not to impose man's will over dog's.

He's a pit bull," Adam said. "I know some really nice pit bulls." "He's the kind of pit that makes the evening news. Gansey's trying to restrain him." "How noble.

A man bitten by a dog, whether the animal is mad or not, is apt to get mad himself.

Circus dogs jump when the trainer cracks his whip.

Even dogs and horses have their actions modified by association with human beings; they form different habits because human beings are concerned with what they do.

Give your dog something to do before you share food, water, toys or affection. This way the dog earns his treat. For example, have him or her perform the "sit" or "down" command.

Dogs like to obey. It gives them security.

The purpose of discipline is not to punish, but to correct.

Smack your child every day. If you don't know why - he does.

Like children, dogs want discipline and are most secure when they have rules to live by. The happiest dogs are those with gentle masters who quietly but firmly demand respect.

Mine is a very matter-of-fact approach to the problem. If you can select a population and they're educated and they're properly brought up, then you don't have to use too much of the stick because they would already have been trained. It's like with dogs. You train it in a proper way from small. It will know that it's got to leave, go outside to pee and to defecate. No, we are not that kind of society. We had to train adult dogs who even today deliberately urinate in the lifts.

Dogs, dogs, go away, let me live another day.