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As a 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>
\nMy friend, co-host of the Train The Trainers<\/a> Seminar Series, and LA dog training<\/a> colleague Sean O\u2019Shea from The Good Dog Training and Rehabilitation puts out such a great blog that I feature it here on my blog. Since the message is so powerful and important it needs to be shared by all. Enjoy the read and feel free to also join his Facebook Fan Page<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Fixing Dogs<\/h1>\n

By Sean O’Shea<\/h1>\n

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\nThere\u2019s a lot of talk in training circles and with owners about \u201cfixing\u201d dogs. I think a lot of this started with the very successful show Dog Whisperer. And for all the good that show did (helping folks to see their part in the their dog\u2019s issues, the value of some simple concepts like exercise, disciple, affection, and rules, boundaries, and limitations, as well as inspiring a whole generation of dog trainers), it also had some other, less favorable impact on the dog owners and dog trainers.<\/p>\n

The show and its producers had a great main message \u2013 that message was far more about personal growth and development, and the impact and value that has on your dog and relationship \u2013 but it also had another message or agenda.<\/p>\n

That message was that of magic.<\/p>\n

That this one person, because of his amazing abilities and finely honed skill set, could take a dog, regardless of the intensity of the issues, and transform that dog. Completely.<\/p>\n

This was something that every dog owner and trainer wanted to buy into. That if you cultivated your skills and your mind, to a high enough degree, you too could affect change on that level and magnitude \u2013 and that completely.<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s the problem, to imagine or believe that a dog \u2013 this incredibly complex and emotionally nuanced being, with whatever genetic material and baggage it comes with, and whatever prior experience baggage it comes with and whatever personality\/individuality it comes with \u2013 to be something that can be transformed into something completely different than what it is and what it contains, is a disservice to dogs, owners, and trainers.<\/p>\n

What I\u2019ve seen is a preponderance of owners and trainers that put unrealistic pressure and expectations on themselves and their dogs.
\nBecause this message was packaged and presented so well on the tv show, many of us have been infected with the complete \u201cfix\u201d belief.
\nBut imagining dogs can be \u201cfixed\u201d (and by fixed I mean back to it\u2019s original state\/issue-free) is like imagining that you, with all of your past experiences, traumas, challenges, personality, attitudes, and genetics, could be perfect, or issue-free. You can do as much therapy, self-help, and personal work as possible, and you can make enormous strides, and transformations, but you will still be you. You will still have your quirks. You will still have your tendencies. You can become your very best you, but it will still be you. And you won\u2019t be perfect or fixed.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s the truth with dogs as well. It\u2019s not a negative, or a letdown, it\u2019s simply a reset about reality and having appropriate, and healthy expectations. Expectations that don\u2019t put unrealistic pressure on you, your, dog, or your trainer. (I see SO many trainers who feel they have to deliver magic in every session or they\u2019ve failed.)<\/p>\n

Can you get a dog who likes to run away to recall every time? Yes. Can you get that counter-surfing dog to stop surfing? Yes. Can you get the resource guarding dog to stop resource guarding? Yes. Can we make amazing, wild, mind-blowing transformations in problem dogs, and can some of these changes happen quickly? Absolutely! I see it every day. But while some of these issues might be resolved, these dogs aren\u2019t fixed. They haven\u2019t had their individuality \u2013 genetics, experience, personality removed and replaced \u2013 no, they\u2019ve simply been made a better version of themselves. And that should be the goal (and expectation) in both the dog owner and the dog trainer \u2013 to make the dog the very best version of himself that is possible. No magic, no fixes, just the progress and transformation that comes from dedicated, consistent work and focus.<\/p>\n

The truth is, some dogs will be able to make more progress than others, and some will have more limitations than than others. And that\u2019s just like it is with us. We\u2019re all individuals, and that\u2019s both the beauty and the challenge.<\/p>\n

None of us \u2013 our dogs or ourselves \u2013 get \u201cfixed\u201d. We can only hope that through hard work and focus to be the best versions of ourselves.<\/p>\n

Sean\u2019s website <\/em>www.thegooddog.net<\/a><\/p>\n

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