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The name Funwalks originated because the walk is the foundation of a good relationship with your dog. You and your dog love it. Sometimes it isn’t easy. Sometimes it requires work. With training, however, it will be easy and fun. If you start training your dog when it is young, interactions with your dog can turn into a fun and rewarding hobby or even a sport. If you have children at home, getting them involved in training your dog can teach them important life lesson such as compassion, care, and responsibility.
Does your dog:
- Pull on the leash during a walk
- Lunge at other dogs
- Bark uncontrollably
- Tear up the house when you’re away
- Not listen in general
- Scare children or other dogs
- Aggressively defend toys or food
- Not come when called
- Nip at people during play
- Jump up on people when they enter your home
These are all too common problems that turn into something serious, even if it doesn’t bother you right now. Fixing the behavior is much easier than adapting to the problem. For example, when children are young, their parents teach them to tie their shoes. It’s easier to teach them to do it themselves than always tying their child’s shoes for them. The same principle can be applied to fixing your dog’s problem behavior, such as jumping. Teach your dog to sit when greeting people so Grandma doesn’t get knocked over.
In a short time, with focus and consistency, you can teach your dog the right way and you will never have to deal with that problem behavior again, just continue to reinforce the good behavior. So ask yourself, if you could magically change anything about your dog’s behavior, what would it be? Let me help build the foundation with you.