10/22/2024
Feel like I have to put this out there, if you don’t like the way I do things then don’t do them at way. Sounds simple enough.
Training dogs is nowhere near a cut dry process, and if that’s what you want your setting yourself and your dogs for failure with all kinds of issues, access the dog infront of you and take the best course of action based on them, find the methods that you enjoy and see results with. Train the dog infront of you not the one across the room.
Every method comes with ups and downs, and every dog will have good days and bad days, every trainer and handler will make a mistake, things happen, but the biggest test is how we overcome our problems and how we better ourselves from our mistakes.
Each dog has their own learning curve, some dogs have a huge food motivation that can work them through any problem, sometimes food isn’t enough to keep a prey driven dog away from prey, sometimes the dog is to scared, sometimes they just don’t understand, dogs communicate in a variety of ways and we are barely catching up. I’ve been working with dogs for just about 6 years now and professionally training clients and not just family and friends for over 2years now. I’ve earned 3 different certifications in just that time, and I’m always adapting whether it’s a 3 year old with aggression, or a 6 month old puppy with herding instincts and puppy behavior, every dog will learn at a different pace. And it’s my job to catch people up to their dogs and put them on the same page. I put everything I’ve learned over the last 6 years into play when I work with people, what they are comfortable with, and what they don’t like. And that’s because if the handler isn’t happy. The dog will fail. Training is a process, a process that tests your love and patience for your pets but ultimately strengthens your bonds.
Push forward and persevere and you will do great things.
-VGK9 and crew members
