I love cheer leading...no, not the kind of cheer leading you see at sports events. Cheer leading is what I call genuine, enthusiastic praise when your dog gives you the behavior you want. Primarily dogs learn what we want from them by guessing. You make a noise (that's what our words are until the dog learns what they mean) and the dog makes a guess as to what you want....when he gets it right we need to start the cheer leading (Yea! Good Girl/Boy! Yes! That's it! Yes! Yes! Yes! , etc.) When he is wrong we indicate that, with something negative (that seems to come naturally to us), so we need to be just as quick, or quicker, to indicate when the dog is right. Cheer leading makes the dog feel good, builds confidence, and sure makes training more fun for both of you.