Learn with your dog, is dog training for people and their dogs. All of us want to enjoy our dogs, but sometimes if your dog is getting mixed messages, they get frustrated and challenging. Most of these behaviours are created by people, some by a dogs natural drives. All dogs need rewards, whether it be food, toys or just a need to please their owners. If that is not there then a dog will revert to
doing what pleases itself. Dogs grow really quickly, and they are dogs, not children. If they learn it right in the first place, it's easier to maintain, than to reteach an already learned behaviour. And a lot more fun. Socializing is training. In a perfect world we would all have polite social dogs, but we need to teach our dogs to be that way, it doesn't happen on it's own. I have been training my own dogs for over 35 yrs. Initially domestic training, and leading on to competitive obedience. I have been running classes for over 20 years, in one way and another. When I started,it was the yank and check days. Then came the puppy socializing, never say No days. I try to teach a happy medium. And if your dog is happy, it will be receptive. Which will lead on to a partnership that could take you forward to anything you want from your dog. Whether that be a well balanced pet, or a super duper competitive dog. Obedience is not compulsion, it is a progression of exercises which lead on to our dogs wanting to work with us in all walks of life. And the cornerstone of all the dog disciplines. If you want to do agility, flyball, Working trials, gundog work, obedience, search and rescue,schutzhund training, then your basics must be there first. And if you get an older dog, then you need to bond with them. Training is the best way to do that, and work in environment where you can both be safe, and not have unexpected surprises jump out on you. It should be a fun learning curve for all the family when you get a dog, and that is what I aim for when I help train your dog.
