Obedience training is very important in a relationship with a new or old dog.
It not only gives you an opportunity to bond with your dog, but it helps open the lines of communication. Being of a bilingual family, the repeated joke in our house was that our dogs spoke Spanish and English fluently. The purpose of training is to develop a new language that both you and your dog can understand. I m sure Rexy had probably taught us her language, though I couldn t tell you what it was. This was completely unintentional, but it works.