05/09/2026
Are you getting frustrated when your dog doesn't do something at the park that you KNOW they can do at home. Now you're getting frustrated! They are just being difficult! GRRRR!...They aren't, dogs aren't out to make your life hard, tgey aren't vindictive or stubborn. They are doing the best they can, with the information we have given them, in the environment we put them in. Identify where their training level actually is and then build incrementally from there. We can't just teach a dog to recall in our back yard and expect them to do it in an exciting park. Each new environment needs new training, layer upon layer, for the learning to be successful.