Life is filled with tasks and responsibilities that need to be completed every day. Some of these tasks we enjoy doing, or benefit us directly but other times we are doing them because they’re a responsibility that need to be completed like going into work each day.
The dog world is not much different in a sense that it’s important to train our dogs to “earn their keep” for an example working for their food, toys and activities can directly change the way they view their owners and the world that they live in. If we teach our dogs to care about the things we care about and what is important to us, it will be easier for them to understand what behaviors are expected of them. Being consistent with rules and routine is very important. If you’re only being adamant about your expectations of your dog certain times and other times you are not, this will cause confusion with your dog and also frustration within yourself. Being consistent is key in dog training. You have to set the example for your dog to follow.
Here’s an example – say you’d like for your dog to wait at the door politely, stop and sit at the door, look at us and wait for the command to go out with us. You repeatedly practice this exercise with your dog and after a while they seem to understand. Then weeks to come, you start to slack off and only practice this exercise 90% of the time. So as time goes on, you’ll start to notice that the dog is starting to forget the routine that they’ve learned. What happened?? Why did our dog suddenly forget to wait at the door??? THEY FOUND THE LOOPHOLE! Consistency is extremely important if you want the habits to continue long-term.
Dogs are very smart beings, if you are showing them that you don’t care about habit and it’s not important enough to be consistent with, they will take the easier way most times. Like I’ve said before, all dogs are different, just like all people are different. So, there are those ‘cup cake’ dogs that are just amazingly easy to train and well behaved and there is the rest of us who need structure and boundaries regularly. By being consistent with your dog, you are showing them by example that these are the things that you care about and you would like them to care about too. Dogs care about their owners and care about what matters to them. So, when we are consistent with our dogs, we show them what is important to our way of life and help them build a new wonderful routine.
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