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“I can’t wait until my dog ​​is TRAINED!” – As if that was an END ?!

..and when will it be TRAINED?

When do you sit?

When do you lie down?

When does it always come?

When is it not thrown on people?

When is it not put in the garbage?

When can the strap be removed?

When can you do a targeted recovery?

When can you track down a missing person?

When can you herd sheep in a pen?

You must decide what TRAINED means to you and your dog.
For me, TRAINED, it is NOT an ending, it is a journey of a lifetime.
Sort of like my own education: I learn new things every day.
TRAINED is not magic, it won’t happen without outside influence.

If YOU are NOT that outside influence, other things WILL BE
(i.e. the dog won’t wait for you to train it!):

* You put old bread on the ground for the birds; your dog finds it and eats it all. He has just been trained to eat bread; food is a great reward for their behavior.

* One of his toys is partially under a bush in the garden. It uses its legs to reach it and digs a hole in the process. Take his toy and the garden makes a hole. He was simply trained on how to get a hard-to-reach object that he wants. The object itself (the toy) was his reward.

* A delivery man comes to the door with a package while he is not at home. Your dog, who is learning to alert when strangers come to the door, jumps into the window, barks and bangs on the window. The delivery man leaves the package and leaves. Your dog just learned that the barking and lunging “scared away” the stranger in uniform.
LACK of training on your part IS STILL TRAINING !!

* Your dog shows fear of thunderstorms, fireworks, and gunshots. During a nasty electrical storm, his eyes bristle, his ears retract, he walks, and he gasps with his mouth wide open. You go to him and caress him calmly, muttering, “Okay, okay.” The next thunderstorm happens a few weeks later and he acts worse. Try digging under the dresser or hiding in the bathtub. You go to him, you hug him and you caress him and again you say “It’s okay, you’re okay.” You wonder why his fear reaction has increased when you are working so hard to calm him down. He IS learning, and you are teaching him! You are teaching him to be afraid of storms. Petting, petting, cuddling, talking quietly – these are all ways to PREPARE your dog (more on this in an upcoming article). In this example, the dog is inadvertently being praised for his fearful behavior.

* “He does VERY WELL at home. I don’t know WHY he gets so crazy here at dog school.” I’ll tell you why. When you do your training sessions at home, you chase the kids outside, turn off the radio and television (because it distracts you), go to a quiet room or basement, and just train. Then when the dog encounters all the external stimulation in dog school, he can’t handle it because he wasn’t TRAINED with it. To have a TRAINED dog, he must be taught to behave correctly in ANY situation he encounters: crowds, groups of dogs, vet clinic, groomer, in front of your house, down the street, in your backyard, in the park during a game of ball, when it’s sunny, raining, snowing, blowing, it’s cold, it’s hot, there are birds, cats or squirrels around, ANY situation or place you can think of.
TRAINED is what you accept, promote and control.

* “If I leave him out for a while, what can he get into?”

* “If he’s not locked up when I’m not at home, what can happen that he can’t control?”

* “I know if I leave food on the counter, he will eat it when I’m not looking. How can I work to change this?”

* “If that loose dog runs towards us in the park, how can I handle the situation?”

* “I see a squirrel / cat ahead on our walk and I know my dog ​​will want to chase it. How do I control its actions BEFORE it gets out of control?”

TRAINING means working and thinking one step ahead of your dog.

* Your dog loves to go looking. Balls, toys, anything will work.
Always try to get you involved by jumping on your lap and depositing a toy. This time, you are reading the newspaper and your dog jumps with his toy and crumples the paper. “NO! I don’t WANT to play!” You say while throwing the toy. Your dog retrieves the toy and returns (thinks “that toss was fine, but let’s try a better one!”) This time, he doesn’t jump onto your lap, but instead pushes his hand under the paper. You push him several times saying “NO!”, Until you finally get mad, you take the toy and throw it and tell him to go away. Your dog has just learned that patience is a virtue. If it bothers you enough, you can play!

* You meet a friend on your walk with your dog and stop to chat for a while. Your dog is impatient and begins to walk and prance. You are busy talking, but you want him to sit quietly next to you. By firmly telling him to SIT, he returns to the conversation and does not realize that he never sat down. Your dog has just learned that he can ignore your commands. When you see later that he did not SIT, you tell him again. Again ignore your order. Finally, he pulls out of their conversation and angrily orders her to SIT. Well, he has learned that he can ignore your commands UNLESS you have a hiss and get mad!

* Dining, or even snacks, makes your dog sit at your feet, drool, and stare. You wish I wasn’t such a beggar. After several minutes of enduring the stares and getting no response to her “go and lie down” commands, she relents and hands him some food from her plate. Dogs learn very well to be patient (and persistent) to get what they want.
TRAINING means coherence and meaning of what it transmits both verbally and non-verbally.

TRAINING means following your orders.

* When your dogs do what you want, when you want, LET IT KNOW! It certainly lets you know when it’s bad; you need to focus on when it’s GOOD, so you know and learn.
TRAINING means praising when something is done correctly.

There is a law in dog training that says: YOU HAVE THE DOG YOU WANT
… Think about it …

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