Ty The Dog Guy On The Daily

In this post, I’d like to speak to you about how to create a healthy relationship between training time and “real life.” I find myself talking about this a lot because many of our clients struggle to find that balance. They tell me: “When I go outside to a field or park to practice this, my dog does amazing. But when we’re just around the house, he has problems.” I always reply that these two situations are in fact different, because we’re behaving differently and expecting different things from the dog. When people are out training, they walk a certain way and pay 100% attention to their dog. They have their training gear and treats with them all the time, and they’re ready to follow through on their commands. But when they’re just hanging out in the house watching TV, they don't always follow through. As a result, their dog realizes that they have two sets of rules: one for who they’re out training and another for when they’re not. In these scenarios, we teach our dogs when to pay attention to us. That en