Does your dog respect you around food? This is a simple exercise that you should try with your dog. The most common mistake when doing this exercise is to pull the food away from the dog, which you do not want to do because it mimics prey moving. Simply say your correction word (no, uh oh, leave it, etc) Close your hand. With some dogs that are very friendly and overly pushy, I’ll close my hand firmly and accidentally close it on their snoot. With dogs that have a habit of resource guarding, tha