Dog Training Camp San Diego – Buddy Finds Obedience

Buddy, an Am Staff, came to camp as a very strong young dog.  A puppy still really.  He just turned a year old, but never the less is incredibly strong.  Too strong for his family to hold onto the leash and take him for the much need exercise he requires.

He’s just about done with dog training camp and he’s done so very well.  He has hung out on the trails in Encinitas, parks in San Marcos, and gone on nice walks on the beach here in San Diego.  He’s been learning to play ball in a “nice” way.  A dog like Buddy sometimes doesn’t get how strong he is being with other dogs… he’s built sort of like a little tank and sometimes over powers other dogs and people’s arms while at the end of a leash without even knowing it!

It really is all about focus.  Getting your dog to focus on what to do rather than things that they shouldn’t be doing is the key.  In Buddy’s case he has a somewhat extreme case of A.D.D., like many of us!

K9 Coach Camp teaches dogs to focus first than leads them into the behavior that is all good.  Its really a much better way to be.  Getting rid of all that negative language… like NO, Stop THAT… Bad Dog, No, no, NO….  Ya know that kind of thing.

Instead, when a dog is taught focus and to concentrate on doing a few simple tasks, like walking nicely on a leash, being able to “sit”… no matter what is going on around the dog, or hold a “place” which means to stay even if the door is wide open the whole story changes for every one.

First, it’s much more fun for everyone.  Second, the idea of having a well trained dog changes everyone’s feelings from “what I wish I had”, to “I have exactly the very cool dog that I thought I was going to get.”

A happy well trained dog is priceless.  In our times of unrest, having the dog wag no matter what is so endearing…. giving the gift of teaching your dog a few obedience tricks is well worth the joy you get back.