Another owner may reveal that they have numerous problems with their dog. They seem to be constantly correcting their dog for one thing or another. These owners really need to put their dog into obedience training to give them opportunities to praise their dog. There are dogs that are so accustomed to an owner's negative attention they are desensitized to it and find it rewarding. That's the trap.
Negative attention can be very rewarding.
Obedience training is an opportunity for you to reward your dog for being good and to motivate him to want to be good. I've always said that a dog who knows he's good usually doesn't want to do bad things. Yes, I am saying that dogs have a sense of self-esteem. A person who values honesty wouldn't tell a lie because he or she values the goodness of honesty. A dog that values being praised is more correctable because he values being good.