Have you ever felt like all you do is constantly give your pup commands all day long and they don’t listen to you?
The problem is that if you give your dog constant commands without actually enforcing them you’re training in bad habits and you might not even be aware of it.
We see stories like this all the time:
People all day long screaming “Mylo come! Mylo come!”
Meanwhile the dog is running in the complete opposite direction having a grand old time.
(Or they’re screaming “sit down” or “stop it” or whatever it is.)
They’re yelling commands out all day and the dog goes on doing his own thing, completely not listening.
And that’s really important to recognize because you need to break yourself of this habit.
Don’t give your pup a command unless you’re ready to actually enforce it.
Otherwise you’re better off not saying anything at all.
The problem is… By not enforcing it you’re training your dog that what you’re saying is not important.
Eventually they’ll stop listening to you and that will create all kinds of frustration for you and your family.
So you might be thinking, “Well what does enforcing a command look like?”
Enforcing that command looks like you tell your dog “sit” and they sit.
You tell your dog “come” and they actually come to you.
How amazing would that be?!
AND (here’s the kicker)
They do it on the first time you tell them.
And that’s where training comes in.
So, with good training, that basically means that your dog will perform a command, 100 percent reliable, every single time.
And then once the dog is actually trained, you can trust them.
So if your dog does it sometimes but not always. There’s still work to do there.
And that’s OK. This is a process for both you and your pup. Learning how to communicate in a way that BOTH of you resonate with.