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My wife and I really stepped up the crate training, and with the addition of the muzzle he is night and day better. The last two days I have not even needed the muzzle. I caught him looking in the trash yesterday and I happened to be within reach of the muzzle on the counter. I picked it up and the look on his face was priceless. He gets it now, he did this little smile thing he does when he knows he is in trouble and backed away from the trash without me saying a word. Awesome.
Excellent! Now keep at it... dogs learn by doing the same thing over and over and over and over. People want to know why Casey always sits when she comes to the crosswalk at an intersection, leash or no leash. The answer is simple: Because every single time we've gone for a walk in the past 6 years, she was made to sit at the crosswalk of an intersection.