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TIPS ON SETTING GOALS
One of the things I have always made a point to get across to all my clients that are working on a behavior with their dog is that they are not going to train the entire behavior all in one day. They are only going to be working on a piece of the behavior or one small step.
It is essential for you to understand that a behavior is nothing more than a series of small steps put together. The best animal trainers and pet owners are the ones that understand how much of the behavior to train that session, that day, and how long the training session needs to be.
So I wanted to give you a few tips on setting goals as you go to train your dog:
Some people think the longer your training session is, the more your dog will learn. This could not be further from the truth. The first thing you need to understand is that the longer your training session is, the more chance you have of not making the training session a positive thing. You want to make sure you make training fun for your dog, and one of the ways this is accomplished is by keeping the training sessions short in the very beginning. Once you get into the training of your dog, after a few weeks you can then begin to vary the length of the sessions. You are going to want to keep the training sessions from 2 to 5 minutes.
Before the training session, you are also going to want to set a goal for yourself and your dog for that training session. During the training session, when you do achieve that goal, end the session, and you always want to end every training session on a positive note. By having that mindset, you never know how short the training session will be. It might be a minute or maybe three minutes. The bottom line is you set yourself a rational goal before the training session.
By setting goals and keeping training sessions short, you give your dog the best chance of learning, and most importantly, keeping learning fun!
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