Every month, my wife reminds me how blessed we are to have such well behaved dogs in our life.

And that’s true.

But she also tends to forget the problem behaviors and little “personality defects” that each dog had, when we first adopted them.

And that got me to thinking about the road… the road to building a better companion dog.

It never ends. Do it right, and they just keep getting better and better.

New dog owners need to recognize this. Our techniques work super-fast (usually immediately) – but the road to building a better companion dog is a path that is similar to any relationship you might have with
another human being.

It’s a lot like dating. When you first meet someone new, it’s pretty easy to set the ground rules, early. But it’s not until you’ve had a lot of shared experiences with that other person, that you begin driving down the road to building a real relationship.

Have you ever noticed that you don’t really know somebody, until you take a long road trip with them? That’s because building a strong, long-term relationship takes lots of shared experiences. Lots of
adventures.

Well, it’s the same with your dog.  And as legendary Texas song writer Robert Earl Keen said, “The Road Goes On Forever and the Party Never Ends.”

That’s true. At least for dog training: The road to building a better companion dog, never ends.

Happy Training,

- Adam (DogProblems.com)