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How to eliminate your dog’s “demand behaviors” (such as begging, whining, jumping up, or nose-nudging).

By Pat Miller

Missy sidles up to me as I type and nudges her nose under my arm, lifting my hand off the keyboard. “I want you to pet me, now!” she says. As much as I’m reluctant to reinforce demand behaviors, her rakish one-blue-eyed, one-brown-eyed expression is irresistible. My hand drops onto the soft fur of her head, and I scratch briefly behind her ear before asking her to go lie down. She obliges, curling up under my desk.

I laugh as Scooter, our recently rescued Pomeranian, stands on

Missy gets Pat Miller’s attention by nudging Pat’s arm or wrist, or shoving her whole head under Pat’s elbow.

his hind legs in front of the sofa and waves his front paws at me. “I want up, now!” he says. Because he’s cute,…

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