1. Exercise
2. Discipline
3. Affection.
In that order.
I just realized: gone are the days when they would pee and poo in the middle of the floor five times by 9:00 am!
Their wrestling and squealing because it's too aggressive has decreased.
They follow commands 90% of the time rather than the 50% they used to.
Barking in the night at normal sounds is almost nonexistent.
The days of thousands of little irritations and constant corrections are gone.
Now we just have hundreds of little irritations and corrections a day.
The biggest improvement is that I am better at correcting without frustration.
They are teaching me to remain calm so that they will be calm.
We're not perfect. But we're better.