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Oh he has done well! He deserves his treats after all those 'temptations'.
Often, when we pass a dog who is sounding off Jasper and I look at each other and I say 'Well he's a silly dog then'. Jasper looks at me in agreement, and may well ask for a treat because he's not a silly dog. I like to think that talking to your dog in this way, modelling what you would like him to think, encourages him to pick up on and match the emotion even if he doesn't understand the words. This also extends to 'Don't even think of doing that,' 'Yeah, go on then!' and similar. Though probably not 'Ewwwww, you're not going to eat that are you?'