Quote Originally Posted by BC_MoM View Post
It means Nothing In Life Is Free. It's great for some dogs, but as always, it's not necessarily a good choice for ALL dogs. Personally, in my training, I take bits and pieces from different methods/theories and make my own up. But NILIF is basically where your dog has to work for everything it receives. Before it's fed, it must sit and wait. Before it goes outside, it must sit and wait until you go through the door first and tell your dog it is okay to go through. Comprende?
Gotcha. Sure, I've been trying to get Sydney to sit and wait for her food, because both dogs have a really bad habit of jumping and spilling the dish out of my hands. I try and get them to sit and wait till I can get to the door when they go out to go potty, but that's about it. My dog doesn't have much patience for that. =p