08/22/2024
Something to ponder. Back when first got into doggie training 48 years ago I learned something very valuable. I watched a mother ask her son to clean his room. A little later she asked him if he cleaned it and he said no. She said go clean your room with a little louder voice. After awhile she asked him again and he said no. She yelled at him with anger “ GO CLEAN YOUR ROOM NOW”. He realized she meant it and cleaned it.
What I learned from that is our kids and dogs need to know when we mean it. So with my kids I told them if I ask them to do something like would you go clean your room “Please” they knew I meant it the first time because of the word “Please”and if they didn’t immediately do it there would be a consequence like taking away their Nintendo game for a couple days. The thing is our kids and dogs need to know when we mean it. Not out of anger. By adding that word “Please” they knew I meant it. The same goes for our dogs. We only tell them once then follow up by directing them in that direction so they know we mean it the first time and do it the first time we tell them not out of anger. Another situation was if I came home and my dog chewed up my couch I can’t show anger because my dog would be focused on my anger and not what he did. For those of you that have been through our training you know lesson 8 is about a temporary and a permanent don’t touch so have a glass of wine to relax then show them what they can have and what they can’t. Enjoy them kids and doggeees. Ron.
