Why Training Is Important and How You Can Use It to Your Advantage

[murph]

IMPORTANT TRICKS TO TEACH YOUR DOG​

• Relaxation protocol
• Look at me (focus)
• Down
• Stay

Does anyone really think all social media photos and videos of dogs are candid? Mine sure aren't LMAO.

P.S. Murphy left the covers when I released her because she has too much fur to be cuddled under a blanket

 

[lil wizard]

This is great advice, Murph! I’ve heard about the relaxation protocol but never really knew how people actually teach it. Would you mind sharing how you go about it? Rune and I definitely need more calm time practice

Also... Murphy is unbelievably cute in that photo

 

[murph]

This is great advice, Murph! I’ve heard about the relaxation protocol but never really knew how people actually teach it. Would you mind sharing how you go about it? Rune and I definitely need more calm time practice

Also... Murphy is unbelievably cute in that photo

Oh, I'm sorry. If you read my other posts, you'll see this is a shit post LOL

Anyways. Me and murph used this PDF:
https://www.clevercreatures.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Relax-on-a-mat-handout.pdf

The official relaxation protocol:

https://www.karenoverall.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Protocol-for-relaxation_Overall.pdf

 

[Andre]

Is this the 4 steps to getting a photo of your dog? haha

Nice photo! Murphy is giving those puppy dog eyes

 

[Kaia Murphy]

Such a sweetheart

 

[murph]

Is this the 4 steps to getting a photo of your dog? haha

Nice photo! Murphy is giving those puppy dog eyes

Funny story:

The first trainer I worked with was an R+, no punishment whatsoever trainer. Which is exactly what I wanted.

I was getting so exacerbated because I spent all this time training Murphy, and she would act out in public with me, but do everything perfect for everyone else. Every time I have seen a trainer they always say "there is nothing wrong with your dog. Stop paying me."

Literally I was trying to take her harness off and she's bucking and being crazy, and this trainer is like "Did you ask her to not do that?"

And I'm like wtf are you talking about??

She's like, tell her to sit. Go on.

Guess what happened when I asked that bitch to sit?

I'm actually a trash trainer LMAO