I have just read the other replies - I urge you NOT to tape your dogs muzzle. The only thing this will teach your dog is to be afraid of tape and your hands!! This procedure is only effective when stopping a distressed and/ or injured dog from biting. It is not a behaviour changing technique and never has been.

The reply to this, I know, will be that the person advocating it has had massive success. Please, think for a minute - are the people on this site trying to find ways to work as a pack, as a partner, to enjoy dog ownership or do we want to encourage fear tactics, fear obediance and my way is the only way of training? In my view, employing this "training" method will give you results with some dogs - it will not fill you with a sense of pride, will not motivate your dog and will , hopefully, get you and your local policeman/woman on very unfriendly terms!