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@agustinus555 I understand the breed is designed to default to the teeth. I actually wish we had some cows for him to work, so that he has a decent outlet for his mouthy instincts, but cows are a few years out.

@paulx2016 Thank you, this is a really helpful reply. I did buy the training guide attached to this sub and have started using “Yes” as a marker word for him. He seems to understand “No” and sometimes the only way to direct him to the right answer seems to be to tell him “no” to whatever he’s...

It’s long, I’ll put a TL;DR at the end Backstory: adopted a now 4yr old Blue Heeler back in January 2022. We are his 6th home in his 4 years of life. We are experienced dog owners with two other cattle dogs and large acreage. We also have two kids (4.5 and 8months). This dog, Sarge, had done...