Vania

My View As A Dog/ Service Dog Trainer

We are going to school to learn how to train a dog. Learning commands in how to signal to a dog what we as human request of them to do. However, I have found all that we learn does not always go into practice.
Every dog is different in their behavior and understanding. I as a professional dog trainer, to be successful must level my mind and objectives to the one dog I have before me. Find the emotional connection between human and dog. This is a vital recognition that needs to be made by me the dog trainer.
Yes, I can teach any dog the basic commands, SIT STAY DOWN COME. But what about the unseen?
I am asking my dog to think and accordingly to act or react. This is only possible if I am breaking down the steps of learning to successfully reach the end goal.
Many people falter in this area because the time is not calculated into learning step by step to advancing and when needed to return to the basic concept when things don’t click the way we want the dog to execute the command.
Proofing each step to advance to the end goal is key.
Proofing the end command to the ending goal becomes imperative.
If the dog has mastered the end goal only then am I satisfied with the result.

Complicated tasks require complicated planning and setting time aside to train.
We must step back from advancing if we find that the task is too complicated and even break the step further down if required. The dog must trust in me the trainer to guide him safe through the steps to reach success. At no point is the dog allowed to feel failure in the exercise we are doing. Failure is the road to success! Every training session must end with a high note of a job well done even if it is just for trying.