In learning terminology, positive means adding something and negative means removing something; neither word by itself means kind or cruel.

Understand excitement and submissive urination, make greetings gentler, and learn when urinary changes need a veterinary check.

Use seven days as a recording period, not a promise of completion.

For each event, record time, location, sleep, meals, drinking and the last toilet opportunity.

Choose a roomy, accessible surface and reward voluntary investigation before expecting elimination.

Try an easy food search, a short reward-based skill or gentle play suited to the dog’s health.

A checklist or energetic breed description cannot diagnose an attention or hyperactivity disorder.

Give your dog safe space for ordinary ground scratching without treating it as disobedience.

Log the trigger, distance, body posture and what happens after the bark.

Observe recovery, preferences and everyday reactions instead of provoking a dog to measure temperament.