Social Gatherings During The Early Training Phase-Helping Or Hurting?

Summer is finally here, and hopefully you're doing all sorts of funs stuff! And hopefully you are able to include your dog or you're working on it so that they can live a fuller life  with you and the fam. 

I love it when people train their dogs to a level that they can bring them anywhere and include them in anything.  But (you knew that was coming), we see a lot of people get in their own way and create not just set backs, but actually start to create patterns that are the exact opposite of what they want because they are eager to include their dog and they just don't do it in a way that is productive and conducive to their long term goals. These behavior patterns can then haunt you forever!!

It's worth putting in the extra work early on to have the dog you want and be able to include them the way you want for the rest of their life. Have a listen.