With every animal, you have to build its confidence around people because people do some crazy and stupid things.

Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity.

The problem with educating stupid people was that they didn’t know they were stupid. The same went for curing crazy people.

Training a dog, to me, is on a par with learning to dance with my wife or teaching my son to ski. These are fun things we do together. If anyone even talks about dominating the dog or hurting him or fighting him or punishing him, don't go there.

I grew up on a farm and my grandfather quit school when he was 12, but when it came to common sense and animals, he was the smartest person I've ever met, before or since. He taught me that to touch an animal is an earned privilege. It's not a right.

People - and dogs - are dying to be trained.