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Hi! I\u2019m Cathy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Have you just gotten a puppy and wondering what you\u2019ve gotten yourself into? Or maybe your dog is unruly and hard to manage. More likely, he\u2019s a real sweetheart 90% of the time and would be perfect if it wasn\u2019t for just that one thing that makes you crazy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And you don\u2019t know if he will “grow out of it” or if training training will help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those are great questions. And as a trainer with over 30 years experience–the solution is not just practicing more “sits” or giving more treats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dog trainer, behavior nerd, and firm believer that your dog is a person. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Good Behavior isn\u2019t about commands <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Every day, dogs lose their homes because they jump on the kids and dart out the front door. Shelters are overflowing with dogs who chew shoes, soil the carpet, can\u2019t control themselves around trash cans or simply know how to chill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But no one has ever given up on their dog because it didn’t know “sit.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To live with humans, it\u2019s much more important your dog knows how to behave than it is to have fancy heeling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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commands Are Just The Vocabulary<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s about whether or not those commands translate into good behavior in real life.  If you focus only <\/em>on commands, it manages the behavior in the short term, but doesn\u2019t solve the underlying problems.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most \u201cbad\u201d behaviors are simply a dog\u2019s way of trying to cope with anxiety, boredom, or confusion in a world he doesn\u2019t quite understand. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FIXING THE “WHY” TO FIX THE “WHAT”<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

To figure out why your dog is struggling, we need to look at the world from his end of the leash.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s amazing how quickly dogs respond once we address what\u2019s really driving the behavior. Fearful dogs become more confident, pushy dogs discover that cooperation gets them what they want faster than bulldozing through life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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