Your Dog Cannot Win A Game You Keep Changing
About this episode
Meg shares insights from a recent dog training experience in Joshua Tree, focusing on the importance of setting clear goals and criteria for effective training.
Joshua Tree gave us the perfect pressure test: new place, big distractions, tired dogs, and handlers who want off-leash freedom fast. I’m Meg, and I’m sharing the real takeaways from our desert weekend, from what went well to what slowed progress down. If you’ve ever said “I have marker words” but your dog still looks lost, this one will hit home. We get into the unsexy fundamentals that make dog training work: picking one goal for a session, setting clean criteria, and using “yes” like it a...
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