Dog Training Advice That Will Ensure 

You And Your dog Stay Together.
 

 

When you look at your dog do you understand why it is that you may be having dog training problems?

Chances are that your current dog training problems have occurred as the direct result of your own belief systems. For reasons that you may not fully understand you may have come to believe that dogs need to be lured with food, restrained with head halters, or physically punished each time they do something wrong.

The great truth about dog training is extremely simply, yet profoundly complicated at the same time. Until you are able to alter your own belief systems you will be unable to resolve the dog training problems you are now having.


The Pygmalion Effect

The Pygmalion Effect is based on Greek mythology. Pygmalion, who was the king of Cyprus, carved an ivory statue of the perfect woman, whom he named Galatea. With the help of Venus, and his own loving belief, Galatea was brought to life. In short, the Pygmalion Effect is the belief that we will usually get what we expect.

In 1968, Dr. Robert Rosenthal did the following experiment to test the validity of the Pygmalion Effect. At an elementary school, teachers were given the names of students who had been identified as those with high intellectual abilities. The teachers were told to expect more from these students. In reality, the students were chosen at random. After eight months, however, the students who had been identified as the "brightest" did in fact have higher increases in their achievement scores than those who had been identified as average. The high expectations of the teachers had resulted in higher achievement by the students. It is believed that the students were given more attention and that the teachers' behaviors likely produced increased student confidence as well as a desire by students to study and do well.

Similarly, in dog training classes where the instructor uses food lures to shape puppy behavior, the puppies as well as the human students often develop a 'food lure dependence'. This dependence is often so strong that many trainers actually mistake their own self imposed beliefs as actual dog behavior.


Learning To See Things Clearly

Changing our personal belief systems is perhaps one of the most challenging endeavors we can experience, particularly when these beliefs involve politics, religion, children and dogs.

During the 1980s thousands of dog trainers abandoned harsh training methods because they were presented with more humane puppy training alternatives. These "crossover" trainers abandoned their choke-chains and shock-collars and embraced methods that relied heavily on food-lures. Why did such a migration from "firm" to "food" take place? Because a handful of influential trainers presented the dog training community with better information.

"Better information"; what does that mean? In the context of this article, "better information" simply means that arguments to support new thinking were better than the arguments that supported harsher dog training methods.

Once upon a time dog trainers believed that puppies needed to be hurt as a means to teach respect. As a result of these belief systems, puppies needed to be jerked around as a means to establish control. When society believed that puppies were inherently stubborn, puppies acted in a stubborn way.

Today much has changed, but The Pygmalion Effect still rings true. Puppy trainers now believe that most puppies need to be lured with food, and as a result, puppy owners are instructed to carry bags of treats wherever they go. Strangers are advised to give puppies treats as a means to establish friendship, and most pet stores carry at least five different types of puppy training treats.

All of this said, now that most trainers worship the all mighty "clicker", the tool of choice for trainers who use treats, can there be any wonder why your puppy will work better when you lure it with a treat. After all, if your belief system is, "dogs work better for food", then you will raise your dog with methods that make your beliefs come true.


What Happened To Your Dreams?

Food lure training as well as coercive puppy training methods often trivialize the glorious union between pets and people. Food or Force methods are often damaging to our puppies because they allow us to develop belief systems that do not serve us or our puppies well.

Most new puppy owners enter the world of puppy training with big dreams. Do you remember thinking that your puppy would respond to you because he loves you? Do you remember thinking how nice it would be to take your puppy for long, off leash walks in your city’s central park? What has become of your dreams?

► You wanted your puppy to listen to your voice, but now you need a bag of food treats to get any attention.

► You wanted serene off-leash walks. Now you have your puppy on a head harness and if you set him free in a public place he will fight or run away.

 

What happened?

Somewhere between where you started and where you are now, you found faith in some puppy training belief that is not serving you well. Rather than learning to hold onto your best puppy owner dreams, you adopted puppy training methods that have simply allowed you to cope with a multitude of training problems.


Make Your “ Puppywishes” Come True

We would be honored to help you discover the magic in owning a perfect puppy that will become a perfect dog. Yes, you can train your dog with love and bonding as your greatest training tool. Yes, you can go for those long serene walks. In fact, once you get your belief systems working for you, the sky is the limit.

Puppywishes.com is here to help you understand what is really important about your puppy. We provide puppy owners with a rare puppy training program that is changing the way people around the world are teaching their puppies.

Our unique puppy training program empowers you by helping you understand what is really going on within your puppy's special universe. We help you understand your puppy beyond popular training fads and internet marketing gimmicks. Once you have taken the time to study our remarkable puppy training program, your beliefs will change and your puppy problems will vanish as a direct result of the changes you make within yourself.

When you change, your actions change.

When your actions change, your puppy will perceive you differently.

When your puppy becomes open to perceiving you differently, it will also be more accepting of your guidance.

You will become the greatest puppy trainer in your puppy's life. And what could be better than that?