A lot of people seem to think that training a dog is an easy task, but it's not. Dogs are really smart and they can be trained to do anything you want them too. It just takes time, patience and consistency. You also have to make sure that your dog know what you're trying to teach him so he understands how his actions will affect the situation or environment around him. Some common misconceptions about training dogs are that they should be punished for bad behavior, when in reality it should only happen if the action was extremely severe and intentional; another misconception is that punishing a dog with food will make him behave better because then he'll always get rewarded if he does good things; this might work in some situations but most likely not all the