Your dog sees the lead, and before you've reached the door he's bouncing, spinning or jumping like a kangaroo. It can feel deliberate, but in most cases he's simply learned a pattern: the lead appears, he gets excited and jumps, the lead still goes on, the walk still happens. From your dog's point of view, the jumping worked, that's learned behaviour, not stubbornness or naughtiness. Dogs constantly notice what brings reward, attention, space, excitement or relief, and repeat whatever produced it. A dog who barks at people walking past the window may genuinely believe the barking made them leave, even though they were already walking on, the two events simply got linked in the dog's mind. This is where a lot of unwanted behaviour actually begins. Even shouting "quiet" at a barking dog can register as attention, to some dogs it can even sound like their owner joining in. The same principle drives pulling on the lead, jumping up, rushing through doors or ignoring recall, the behaviour persists because, in some way, it has worked before. Rather than looking at unwanted behaviour in isolation, we ask what the dog is trying to achieve, what they're feeling, and what's been accidentally rewarded. Enrichment isn't just extra toys or exercise, done properly it gives a dog better ways to think, settle, explore and problem-solve, and a mentally fulfilled, emotionally supported dog is simply in a better position to learn. If a dog jumps at the sight of the lead, we teach calmness around it first, the lead appears, but the walk doesn't happen until the dog is calm, so calm behaviour becomes what actually moves things forward. For lead-pulling, we look well beyond the walk itself, excitement, frustration, focus, pace and confidence all factor into whether a dog has learned that pulling gets them where they want to go.