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Your dog goes through three general phases of learning:
1. ?The Learning phase?: This is when the dog learns to understand what a command means. You use very little correction at this phase, and may use toys, balls or food to motivate (not bribe!) the dog into doing and understanding what the command means. The problem with most amateur dog trainers is that they feel their dog is trained, once he understands a command and has gone through the ?Learning Phase.?
2. ?The Reinforcement phase?: Once the dog has learned what the command means Sonny Gray Jersey , he needs to be 're- taught? the command in a variety of different settings. Because he'll likely only associate response to the command in the initial setting you've trained him in, he needs to 'relearn? the command in different types of areas. This happens very quickly. It usually only takes one or two repetitions, and then it ?clicks? for the dog. Once you see that it's ?clicked for the dog,? this is when you need to start working very fast, exciting and BRIEF sessions. Your goal is to get the dog to respond to commands very quickly. IF you're working on the 'down? command Anthony DeSclafani Jersey , then the dog should drop into the down position very quickly?AND THEN IMMEDIATELY GIVE HIM YOUR ?RELEASE COMMAND!? Run 5 or 10 steps with the dog, then reissue the command. When you give him the release command, toss a ball, or a piece of food. You should be aiming to teach the dog that training is a big, fun game. A game that he has to respect. But nonetheless Matt Kemp Jersey , a game the he loves and looks forward to playing with you?in any environment.
Here's where most new trainers fail: They don't work the dog fast enough. You need to make your body language fast and exciting to the dog. IF you're not sweating and huffing and puffing after 5-10 minutes? then you're not being animated enough. For fastest results, work the dog like this for 3-4 sessions a day and you'll see dramatic improvement.
3. ?The Proofing Phase?: This phase teaches the dog that 100% reliability in every type of environment is absolutely imperative. Make sure your proof your dog in every type of environment that you can imagine. Practice in parks, in field and in parking lots. Practice around other dogs, and cats. And even chickens and goats. One you've "proofed" your dog, you can relax in knowing that you can pretty much take your dog anywhere and know that hell listen.
It's one thing to lead people to accomplish tasks Joey Votto Jersey , but it is another altogether to lead them to accomplish tasks with a deep sense of urgency. Instilling urgency in people is an abiding challenge of all leaders. Yet few leaders I have encountered know how to do it consistently and systematically. Here are six things you must recognize to trigger and sustain urgency in the people you lead.
1. Recognize the Leader's Fallacy. The Leader's Fallacy bedevil's most leaders. It is manifested when a leader mistakenly believes that the people will automatically reciprocate the motivation of the leader. The leader believes the people will be urgently motivated simply because hshe is a leader and is telling them to be motivated. The truth is, automatic reciprocity doesn't exist. Reciprocity must be earned.
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