10/04/2023
This is Remi again and she is learning more things this week.
I wanted to take this moment and remind the dog owners out there that training a dog is a long journey, not a destination. The training never should end but be part of the lifestyle.
If that sounds daunting, think of it this way:
Most of us learned how to ride a bike when we were younger. But, if we don't ride our bike for 10 years, we may seem a bit unsteady at first before we find our groove. If we ride every day, it is natural and we excel at it.
Training sets the foundation for your dog to learn self-control, patience, complex commands, and more. If we incorporate that training into our everyday routine, the dogs get better and better at those behaviors and the training eventually become habitual (plus you lives might seem more manageable too!).
The dogs begin to understand the routine and what's expected of them. They want to please us and try really hard too. It just takes a bit of practice, little by little.
Repetition, repetition, repetition.
Use it or loose it.
And if you think your dog has learned everything there is to know, think again! Old dogs CAN learn new tricks, if we have the patience and persistence to help them.
