Comments on: What Do You Think Is The Most Important Misunderstanding In Dog Training?

By: The Professor

The Professor — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:34:12 +0000

That old dogs can’t be taught new tricks.

By: GOODD

GOODD — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:45:32 +0000

That dogs respond to the same psychology that human children do when that is not the case.

By: MaryKate

MaryKate — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:21:45 +0000

That trying one technique will work over night
“i tryed lYke 5 times to get my Dogg to sit and hes so dumb and jsut wont!?!?!”
Puhlease… it takes practice and patience. nothing will happen overnight.

By: K[L]CEE

K[L]CEE — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:30:37 +0000

That you have to fully understand your dog before it can fully understand you, emotionally and physically or training will just be difficult.

By: Raaachel

Raaachel — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:35:50 +0000

People always think that dogs naturally understand the word NO or something..
People always post questions like, “…I told my 8 week old puppy NO but he just kept biting me, what do i do?!?1?!”
It’s annoying.

By: hwillm19

hwillm19 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:17:56 +0000

People who watch the Dog Whisperer on TV (Cesar Milan) and then automatically assume they can force an aggressive dog into an alpha roll and >poof< it’s problems go away…
There are reasons there are disclaimers to consult a professional before each segment…

By: Somebody

Somebody — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:18:40 +0000

What really bothers me are the owners who refuse to see and admit that they are the primary problem and have done/not done things that caused or encouraged their dog to behave in such a way. They ask for advice but they want you to tell them that it’s the dog’s fault when they haven’t seriously tried to fix the problems or try new things. It is hard to change so it’s not surprising when people are defensive and refuse to look at themselves.

By: Harvey R

Harvey R — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:45:55 +0000

I think that many times people over-spoil their dogs by approving or not correcting inappropriate behavior just because they are cute.
Dogs are just like kids and the owner should try to train the his/her dog from very early stages.
Good luck with your dog!
Here is a good source for dog training that my sister used in the past and worked for her.
http://instantpaysites.com/websites/dogbasics/index.htm?refer=harvcr

By: fighter with a cause

fighter with a cause — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:38:59 +0000

OH MY GOD! i just read about this kid wanting to get rid of his dog that destroys everything in sight when he hasnt even considered FREAKIN TRAINING HIM!!! he wanted to seriously give this dog away or kill it when he hasnt even tried. So i guess my answer is that people assume dogs come with automatic training programmed in their minds so the dog is perfect in every way when they get home and dont even try to teach the dog to do anything right…

By: philosph

philosph — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:55:16 +0000

Thinking that a well-trained dog is going to respond correctly and immediately 100% of the time. As someone put it, if your spouse or child asks you to come over to where they are, you don’t always immediately jump to your feet and go rushing over. Sometimes you want to finish doing X first. But for some reason we expect that from a dog.
This one isn’t strictly a training issue, but a general one about dog owners: That a dog loves you unconditionally and constantly. If a dog really wants to do something and you won’t let it, it’s not necessarily going to like you at that point, and that’s ok.
And this one is my particular hobgoblin: That all dogs need to know how to Sit. My dog doesn’t sit. She stands, she lies down. She’s a greyhound, she doesn’t sit voluntarily, so why do I need to force her to do something that is physically uncomfortable and doesn’t do anything training-wise that a Down doesn’t? And yet every trainer I work with seems to want to try and make her do Sit.