When the puppy "doesn't listen" – and what that has to do with you

Biting, jumping up, overreactions – many puppies display behaviors that overwhelm their human companions. But before we discuss solutions, it's worth taking an honest look at the causes: in most cases, people have inadvertently created these problems – through anthropomorphism, lack of guidance, or well-intentioned but counterproductive reactions.

This webinar shows how human-made problems arise, why puppies escalate physically – and how two simple signals – quickly built and trained, immediately applicable – can fundamentally change daily life with a puppy.
At its core is one of the most debated questions in the dog world: reward or correction? Interruption signal or confirmation signal? Svenja Rother elaborates on why this decision is not a matter of philosophy – but of timing, clarity, and relationship. And why the reward principle so often fails when used as bribery, while corrections then turn aversive because the crucial step in between is missing.

The webinar offers concrete tools for everyday life – for dog owners who work with puppies and want to be good decision-makers.

Learn in this webinar:

• Why biting and jumping up in puppies are almost always human-made problems – and how they arise.
• How anthropomorphism influences puppy behavior and where it leads to escalation.
• What interruption and confirmation signals truly achieve – and why both can be trained in a few minutes.
• Why reward and correction are not contradictory – if you know when each signal is appropriate.
• How to build lasting trust with clear leadership instead of managing symptoms.

Our expert:

Svenja Rother lives and works in Berlin and specializes in the first few months of living with a puppy and young dogs.

More about the expert:

https://eingenordet.com/

Photo credit: Anna Auerbach/KOSMOS