{"id":2402,"date":"2013-01-07T23:47:01","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T23:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testmaria.satemporary.online\/2013\/01\/07\/2013-01-07-the-world-series-of-dog-training\/"},"modified":"2024-04-27T14:09:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T14:09:16","slug":"the-world-series-of-dog-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testmaria.satemporary.online\/2013\/01\/07\/the-world-series-of-dog-training\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Series Of Dog Training"},"content":{"rendered":"
As a RI dog trainer <\/a>who travels the country training dogs and working with 20-30 families a week in their homes it is so important for folks to understand how a dog thinks. And when there is no authority figure present, the kind of chaos and bad behavior that can happen. Remember the bad behavior of your dog is not the problem it is just the outcome of a breakdown of leadership in your home.<\/em> You don\u2019t start swinging the bat the day of the World Series. You don\u2019t throw your first Shot Put the day of the Olympics. You don\u2019t sit down at the piano for the first time the day of your recital at Lincoln Center.<\/p>\n Of course all of these examples are silly, and no one in their right mind would actually contemplate them. BUT, as crazy as these examples are, this is exactly what I see so many dog owners do. And it\u2019s one of the biggest causes of failure in their attempts to train\/rehab their dog. It\u2019s fascinating that something that we so intuitively understand in the human world (that being the necessity of using baby steps and constant preparation in order to achieve a bigger goal\/accomplishment) regularly escapes us and frequently sabotages our attempts to train our dogs.<\/p>\n We somehow believe that the dog with the maniacal door reaction (or even worse, an aggression issue) will respond to our frantic attempts to keep him in \u201cplace\u201d the one day someone shows up at our door, rather than practicing, preparing, and conditioning him to respond appropriately, to respect, listen and defer to you for the 3 weeks preceding the visit.<\/p>\n Or, we let our dog wander on the walk, smelling here and there, pulling us to and fro, teaching them ever so consistently that they need not respect or listen to us\u2026and then our dog sees the little obnoxious dog from down the street and decides to not only bark, growl, froth, and spin, but also to share a bite on your leg for your trouble.<\/p>\n In the dog world, these are all World Series moments, and to think you can simply suit up and knock it out of the park on game day, without having spent the necessary practice, preparation, and skill building time, is folly.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking to train or rehab any serious behavior problem, be sure that you practice, prepare, and condition both you and your dog with massive repetition and small, incremental challenges long BEFORE game day. Much of our success with severe behavior issues comes from utilizing this simple formula.<\/p>\n Remember, if you\u2019re going to rock the stadium, you gotta work through T-ball, little league, high school, college ball, and then finally, if you\u2019ve worked your butt off, you graduate to the big leagues. And if you approach your dog training with the same mind-set, you can accomplish something just as amazing!<\/p>\n
\nLA dog trainers<\/a> colleague Sean O\u2019Shea from The Good Dog Training and Rehabilitation puts out such a great blog that I am going to start featuring it on
\nMy Blog Page since the content and message is so powerful and important it needs to be shared by all, enjoy the read and feel free to also join his Facebook Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThe World Series Of Dog Training
\nBy Sean O’Shea<\/strong>
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