The YOU in Dog Training
Your dog is in training whether you are taking him to obedience school, or you have a professional dog trainer coming to your home, or whether you are training him using a book or DVD or some other informative means of knowing what to teach him. Even though all of these methods are aimed at training the dog and thus the focus is on the dog; did you know that your attitude about the dog and about training in general has a big impact on whether or not the dog will be successful during and after his training?
Perhaps the single most important ingredient to the success of your dog’s training is YOU – the dog owner’s attitude to be more specific. Your attitude or “mindset” is even more important that the training system you choose to use or the breed of dog you have, or who you have paid to do the training. A bad attitude from the dog’s owner can undo even the most expensive training. The reason for this “attitude importance”, is that a dog naturally craves attention form his human owner and is most receptive to learning is doing so pleases his “master”. The dog will “mirror” the owner’s attitude about most anything including dog training. When the attitude about the dog training is a positive one, the owner and dog will benefit the most from the training.
In order to spur your dog on to success in dog training a positive attitude is essential. The most effective training methods for dogs always include a positive reinforcement for completion of desired behavior. When the owner of the dog exhibits a positive, happy outlook the dog will view the training in a positive and fun manner too.
How does a positive attitude and reinforcement look like?
It looks like – praise, positive words during instruction giving and positive treats and praise upon performance.
Dog training should be fun for all parties involved, the dog and the trainer and owner.
If the attitude of the trainer or owner is that they would rather be anywhere else than training the dog; the dog will pick up on the attitude and not perform well, because he would rather not be doing this either than if the owner doesn’t want to.
If the trainer or owner has a negative or harsh attitude the dog will be crushed and not perform up to expectations. If the trainer or owner has a positive, fun attitude and practice positive reinforcement during and after the training the dog will perform well because the dog will want to please his master and will react to the positive attitude and mannerisms of the owner or trainer with positive actions which will lead to accomplishment of training tasks.
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