May 27th, 2009
By Eric Letendre
Went for a hike with my dog Jimmy yesterday, Three miles later, I came home and my wife Rachael was in the backyard planting flowers.
She had 170 flowers to plant.
I could have went in the house with Jim but I grabbed a shovel and started helping her.
Nobody told me that married life was going to be so hard.
Jim found a nice shady spot and went to sleep.
Anyway, today I am starting a three-part series entitled, "The 3 Most Common Dog Training Mistakes And How To Avoid Them."
As we go through this week, check to see how many of these mistakes you are making with your dog training and what you can do to correct them.
Doing this will get you much better results with your dog training.
Most Common Dog Training Mistake #1: Waiting to train
Waiting to train is the biggest mistake I see year after year. Some of the worst advice ever given is the "Wait until your dog is 6 months old."
By waiting, your dog develops behaviors that have to be unlearned. It’s much easier to prevent a behavior than it is to try and teach a dog to stop doing a behavior.
For instance, it is much easier to teach a puppy to greet without jumping than it is to train a 6 month old dog to stop jumping once the behavior has been learned.
It’s also important to start training as soon as you see any behaviors you don’t like. A perfect example is aggression.
Most of the aggressive dogs that I have dealt had owners that waited until the dog actually bit someone before they called me, even though all the warning signs were there.
At the first signs of aggression, the owner should contact a trainer and start working with the dog. Aggression is like a snowball going downhill. It starts as a small ball of snow and then gets bigger and bigger until it is uncontrollable.
Always take action when it comes to training.
"Movement always beats meditation." Gary Halbert
All the best,
Eric
P.S. If you’re ready to take action and train your dog, don’t delay and go right to theDog Training Inner Circle
Eric Letendre is a professional dog trainer from the United States and has been training dogs for over 20 years, teaching regular, average, every-day owners all over the world how to get the training results they want as fast as possible. Eric is also the author of numerous reports, the E-Book “101 Ways to Improve Your Dog’s Behavior,” “The Amazing Dog Training Man Book,” and produced and stars in his DVD “Secrets of a Professional Dog Trainer.”
Eric Letendre is a professional dog trainer from the United States. For more than 20 years, he has been developing dog training "hacks" that have worked for dog owners all over the world. Eric operates from a home office or a laptop while traveling and draws on his experience and passion for dog training to show others how to develop a dog that is truly “Man’s Best Friend”.
Eric is the author of numerous reports, the E-Book “101 Ways to Hack Your Dog’s Behavior,” “The Amazing Dog Training Man Book,” and produced and stars in his DVD “Secrets of a Professional Dog Trainer.”
