Taking It Anywhere

A place that only works in your quiet living room is half-trained. Once your dog holds a calm thirty-second stay there, change one thing at a time. Step away — one foot, then five, then briefly out of sight — always returning to reward on the mat. Then change the room: kitchen, hallway, backyard, a friend's house. New floor, new smells, same rule. That is what makes place stick in the real world.