1. When training an animal -- never wear dark glasses. Animals are very good at reading the eyes and they are unsure of your motives if they cannot clearly see your eyes.

2. A dog that jumps on you every time you enter the door is not funny when you are in your good clothes! But, never, never scold, or bring your knee up hitting them in the chest or any other negative type of training. They are happy to see you -- you don't want that to change! Instead teach your dog to sit when you enter. This is actually quite easy. Enter the door bent over ready to put the dog into a sit position. As soon as his rear touches the floor you hug and pet. His rear comes up he does not get petted, but is told to sit. He sits and is again hugged. A few times of this and he starts to realize if he wants pets he's gotta keep the tail on the floor.

3. In a scientific study conducted in England, it was determined that 31% of all pets with difficult behavior problems improved dramatically when fed a better diet. This was a substitute for training. It did help the pet become more focused with a longer attention span.

4. Never scold, shout, hit, chase with a rolled up newspaper, squirt with water or call your pet a dumb dog or a stupid cat. If any of those methods worked tens of thousands of people would not be relinquishing their animal to a shelter each year for behavior problems.

5. Every single thing you do with your pet, stop and ask yourself, "Does he/she believe I am on his/her side? Not whether you think it should believe you are on its side, but does the animal see it that way? If the pet believes you are on its side at all times it will do anything for you. If it believes it has made a mistake it will run to you instead of away from you as if to say, "Hey, I screwed up. Show me how to do it right."