Living God's Way Everyday With Our Dogs
There is Life Beyond Obedience The dogs entrusted to our care may learn behavioral skills in class, but those skills do not automatically become manners when real life unfolds. Manners must be taught and reinforced right in the midst of our everyday chaos like in the morning rush to work or school, while welcoming guests for dinner, when carpenters and plumbers fill the house, or while traveling on vacation. In this way, training moves beyond simple obedience and reaches its true goal: good canine manners woven into the very moments where life actually happens. This brings to my mind the words of Deuteronomy 6:6-7 and 11:18-19, where God clearly commands His people to impress His commandments upon their children, and upon every generation with them, as they sit at home, as they walk along the road, when they lie down at night, and when they rise in the morning. He instructs them to write His words on their doorframes and gates so that His truth would surround them in every ordinary mom...