we can’t expect dogs to be well behaved if they spend most of the day and all of the night in a crate, with a fifteen-minute-long leash walk as the highlight of their day.1 So first things first. If you want your dog to stop pestering you, then give him what he needs before he has to pester you for it. But no matter how much exercise your dog needs, all dogs profit by learning how to cope with frustration.
