Most of dog owners do not go with their dogs to any training ground, and
their dogs do not get any lessons at all. Why? The list of answers is
impressive: I’d like to, but have no time; I’m busy; it’s too late /early; my
dog knows everything without any lessons; this breed is not for training; too
cold/ hot, etc. The list can be continued.
However, all these answers are only
partially true. In many cases the answer is quite of another nature and - so to
say - rooted in our schooldays. Do many
people remember their schooldays with pleasure and delight? I mean CLASSES - not
games and tricks in the school playing ground. I doubt it. It’s quite
understandable as in most cases the school lessons are long, unenjoyable, dull,
and of no obvious practical use. The
result is that a lot of people deep in their minds treat any lessons -
including regular training with their dogs - as their school ones. REGULAR
training or CLASSES or LESSONS are the key words that trigged the sense of
hopeless inevitability that most school kids feel in the morning five or six
days a week.
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This attitude can be changed
dramatically! Let’s make the process of education enjoyable for both: the dog and the owner.
The first key point – use dog’s
favorable toy or tips or something else
- but FAVORABLE. It can be used in a lot of exercises and help to achieve good
results enjoyably and comparatively quickly. They can be used even in
complicated exercises, such as heeling without leash, coming, keeping positions, even stopping biting of a decoy in attack.
The second key point – start each
lesson with playing, so every time your dog knows that something interesting
and enjoyable is waiting for him/her and + can drop extra energy. It helps a
lot to focus dog’s attention and to tune
both - the dog and the owner – to a MUTUAL DYNAMIC CONTACT.
The third key points – play A LOT when your dog fulfills the exercise in
a proper way and between different exercises. Free movements, dynamic games always
bring something new. It is so important in working with difficult exercises
that should be repeated many times.
Enjoy your training with your dog!
I’ll appreciate if you tell about your successes and share your new
experience!
