Dog Training: Are You Making These Common Trainer Mistakes?

Dog Training

All for one and one for all...

"The 'enemy within' is easier to defeat by using it's own inertia...

Yeah, and by the way you can have a rest.


Hello Dog Loving Friend,

Thanks for joining me...

It may or may not come as a surprise to regular readers of My Dog Training Tips, that we all struggle sometimes.

Whole months can go by where the training 'process' seems effortless, and at other times you can feel so fed up trying to find something which feels worthwhile...it aint funny.

You know those voices in your head have a field day, shouting out: "give up" or take a week off, or at least do something else to justify the struggle?

And there are times where the voices have a point...

Taking a day or even a week off from training is an act of kindness to your dog and yourself.

In these moments, not doing it is a true act of 'spiritual bliss', because you wind up feeling so much better, refreshed and refocused on why you're doing it in the first place.

Yet more often than not, the voices in your head are telling you 'it's too hard' or 'haven't you done enough?'

Or even 'you deserve more!' these things aren't helpful at all, but serve to sap your strength and drain your energy.

It is at these times that you can take great comfort in the daily practice of 'victory'.

Look, the concept isn't kinda new, yet simple enough to understand.

It is the practice of taking time every single day to do simply do those things which nurtures your connection with mind, body and spirit.

What can be more difficult is to understand who or what we're really battling (hopefully emerging victorious) because it has nothing to do with your dog!

Some people believe our minds are engaged in a war against our selves, we're spending our lives in a seemingly head to head fight to the death between dark and light.

Voices of doubt in your head are thought not to come from your own unconscious or even the collective unconscious, but from a force known as 'the enemy within', 'the voice of knowledge', or whatever mask laziness or fear of failure hides behind.

The only reason why I mention this is because its easy to 'give up', either way there is a price to pay.

We're battling against our own resistance, which comes about as a result of feelings some sort of unworthiness or destructive impulses implanted in our psyches at an early age.

It is compensation for our "emotional void" or the inability to maintain peace of mind, love and approval.

In other words, what makes it difficult at times is the fact that each day, you sorta feel like you're struggling from a standing start.

Once you get into action, the fun and simple joy of training your dog kicks in, and happy inertia becomes your momentum, and it becomes easier to take care than to neglect; easier to love than to fear.

Until that time, staring at your dog with a blank face can be as daunting as facing down the 'enemy within'.

Dog training...success made easy!