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05/21/2026

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05/16/2026

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They’re getting better at it.
It’s just not what you wanted.

Life happens.
We get busy. We get tired.
Management slips.
Doors get rushed at, and windows get barked through.
Behaviours get rehearsed.

It’s ok. This isn’t about perfection.
One of the hardest parts with behaviour change is that dogs don’t only learn during training sessions.
They learn from repetition all day, every day.

That’s why behaviour can sometimes feel so confusing and frustrating.

We may have had a fantastic training session in the morning, aimed at reducing that unwanted behaviour.
Then that same behaviour is unintentionally practised another 15 times across the rest of the week, or even in a day.
Those repetitions matter.

Behaviours that are practised regularly become faster and more “automatic” over time.

Management gets a bad rap sometimes but it’s one of the greatest tools we have to build new habits.
Management is not about “avoiding the issue”.
What it can do is reduce the rehearsal while we teach better coping skills and patterns instead.

That can be a huge shift for many dogs.

Behaviour change really is much bigger than that single moment we are trying to stop.
One thing’s for sure though.
If they practice it.
They’ll get better at it.

We just have to be careful with what “it” is.

05/16/2026

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