I'm a bit peeved at my pup at the moment as he's going through a difficult teenage rebellious stage (including on-leash tantrums which I've read a lot of threads on and we're working with the trainer to fix), so to put a more positive, future-facing spin on my day, I thought I'd ask what makes everyone here look at a dog and think "that's a well trained dog".
For example, at the park yesterday I saw a man walking with his large breed mix dog, who was heeling but off-leash. The park was busy, and he was next to a fenced dog park full of dogs, but his dog never broke his focus, or strayed from his owner's side. In my head I was like, wow, that's a nicely trained dog, I hope we can get our dog to that point someday.
So my question is, what do you look for in a dog to consider it well trained/mannered?
For example, at the park yesterday I saw a man walking with his large breed mix dog, who was heeling but off-leash. The park was busy, and he was next to a fenced dog park full of dogs, but his dog never broke his focus, or strayed from his owner's side. In my head I was like, wow, that's a nicely trained dog, I hope we can get our dog to that point someday.
So my question is, what do you look for in a dog to consider it well trained/mannered?