Olive 4 months is very sweet. Began training 5 weeks ago. Began training Eye Contact and Attention Skills and basic obedience commands with the proper response. She is coming along great. Best results are inside their apartment. Outside more challenging with the natural distractions. 

She is performing really well now with "Go To Your Place, Sit, Down and Stay" when someone enters. Before we began training she was out of control jumping and barking in a friendly manner when a guest or the spouse entered. 

The commands are: Go to Your Place along with a hand signal. Olive goes to her mat. Then the next command after getting eye contact is SIT, with hand signal, again once she is attentive the command is DOWN with hand signal, and then finally STAY command with hand signal. The Stay is at least 1+  minutes.

The guest enters and Olive remains in the down position until the owner goes back to her, praises her with voice tone and petting. Then Break or Release Command and Praise.

I was working with Mike and Maxie yesterday. Maxine is a 12 week Boxer puppy. We were working on controlled walking or heeling. The key is patience. This was the first time I was working with them outside. When the wind blew Maxine began to jump and spin. She became distracted by the leaves blowing. So before we could effectively train her to walk properly she needed to "pay attention" "look" and be seated and settled. Once she sat and was settle we began to walk at heel position. We continued to teach her heel position by proper use of the lead and voice intonation. If she got "out of control or not attentive" then she was seated, eye contact and began again. After several start overs she began to walk much better. Use encouragement when doing well and correct her when she faults followed by praise is the way. Great lesson!

Yesterday I went on a consultation to evaluate two dogs that became extremely aggressive to each other. This happened once the third dog, a puppy was introduced. They are all rescue dogs and they are neutered and spayed. 

Once the growl starts and it esculates and at that point it's too late for the behavior modification to be taught. 

My sugesstion is formal obedience exercises together on lead with the third dog present. 

Teaching eye contact with praise and attention skills. Teach them to stand,wait in place and sit on command. Also teach the down,wait sit exercise. When walking together use a soft nylon fitted muzzle to prevent damage from a bite. The muzzle may teach them they are not in control or dominant. It's not a forever tool. 

If I'm hired I'll follow up with the progress. 

Eye contact with your dog will promote attention skills. Attention skills are necessary for a dog to listen and learn. Some terms are: "pay attention", "watch me", "look","eyes" etc. Say these terms in an uplifting voice tone. Praise your dog when your eyes meet. ("oh good","nice")

Do this exercise with your dog in seated position and in a quiet place in your home with no distractions.

One of a very important component to have success with your dog being responsive to you is establishing eye contact for praise. Work on that.