Ty The Dog Guy On The Daily

In upcoming weeks, I’m going to devote a handful of posts to a topic that’s very important to me: systems. What I’m talking about when I use the word “system” is any process that we go through to achieve a desired result. Nearly every profession has its own set of systems. When you go to a restaurant to get a hamburger—whether it’s a McDonald’s or a high-end burger joint—there will be a system with which they take our order, send it to the kitchen, and cook it. That’s the case when you’re building a car, or getting a home loan. There is always a system to make things happen smoothly and properly. For some reason, however, dog owners often don’t apply this principle when training their dogs. Instead, they get stuck constantly playing catch-up. As soon as their dog starts to do something undesirable, they immediately start wondering what they should do about it. They spend very little time thinking about a systematic approach in order to solve problems. For this reason, an overwhelming number of dog trainer