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Originally Posted By: ZeusGSD certain dogs do need strong fair leadership with clear cut rules while others need to be built up along the way.
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I strongly agree. Take my dog Yana who is not your normal Rin-tin-tin. She has weak nerves, fearful, reactive, smart, stubborn, very independent, not food driven, physically strong and not submissive. She's a hard dog with mental issues, product of American breeding
, that couldn't care less about pleasing me or getting my praise.
After meeting with a behaviorist I reviewed how I handled her (I was no correction/all positive approach fancier) and now I don't hesitate to apply a strong correction when needed. I do it every time if Yana desides to ignore me or my command, I'm making everything black and white for her. The result is immediate - calmer dog that starts respecting me and actually wants to spend time with me and show me affection.