July 8th, 2009
By Eric Letendre
Woke up this morning and the weatherman said that it’s going to be about 94 degrees today.
That’s when I realized I wasn’t in Massachusetts anymore. You see, Rach and I are in Clayton, North Carolina attending her cousin’s wedding.
Her cousin has three dogs, and all week I’ve seen the Uncle Freddy Factor in full force.
The Uncle Freddy Factor happens a lot and it can turn a well-trained dog into a misbehaving dog faster than greased lightning.
And as they say down here, once your dog develops some bad behaviors you’ll be as "busy as a stump-tailed cow in fly time."
Anyway, the Uncle Freddy Factor is responsible for two big behavior problems:
1. Jumping
2. Begging
For example, Uncle Freddy comes over the house to visit and stays for dinner. While eating, he slips your dog a piece of his food under the table.
Any training that you’ve done to prevent begging has just gone out the window.
Step one when you are training is to make sure everyone is on the same page when it comes to training your dog.
Over the years, I’ve seen this as the main cause for a lot of behavior problems. The next time you’re trying to figure out why your dog is not responding to your training, think about the Uncle Freddy Factor.
Ask yourself:
"Is anyone sabotaging my training? Is the Uncle Freddy Factor happening?"
Don’t be surprised if there is an Uncle Freddy in your dog’s life that is contributing to her bad behavior.
All the best,
Eric
P.S. If you don’t want The Uncle Freddy Factor to happen with your dog check out Good K9 Manners.
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.”
