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Podcast: Training the Pointing Labrador
Episode: #307 Commands and Useful Communication
Description: In today's episode, we break down the difference between "making noise" and useful and clear communication with your dog. To effectively teach a dog anything, you must first establish a relationship in which the dog respects you and actually wants to be taught some new things. This is most easily accomplished when you communicate in a way natural to a dog, and often sabotaged by implementing our human way of communicating. Many training problems originate from our thinking we're teaching one thing, and the dog learning something quite different. Interesting topic...