I often time get into this mentality that I "don't have enough time to train." I often times think of that if I do a focused training session its going to take HOURS and HOURS of my time. However, this is not the case. We are told in our classes (Behavior and Training) that training sessions are supposed to be brief, fun, and successful. Emphasis on the BRIEF. That means 10 minutes and always ending on a good note with the dog to make sure they have a good training experience and you don't end discouraged! Yesterday, I decided to just work with Darby on a slew of things. Our main focus was on "Basket" and she did really good with it!! It got me energized once again to just work on little things here and there for 5-10 minutes. Never give up on your dog because if you give up, the dog will give up!
As a side note (and the picture for this post), Darby and I participated in the Dear World shoot at UWRF this week. I chose to write "Do Not Distract" on my arms because people know they can't pet the dogs, but often times they don't understand that speaking to the dogs is exactly the same. I hate when people ask me the dogs name because often times they then say the dog's name and start talking to them about how they can't pet them, but they're just so dang cute. They have a lifesaving job to do, so please don't distract them, even if you know them/the handler.
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