08/10/2026
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๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐
If you're truly determined to make your life with your dog the best it can be, developing the dog as a partner, ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ.
Watch the 6 minute video to see a simple example of all the elements at work. It's profoundly simple. But profoundly important.
๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ (verb):
1) to involve intensely; engross; occupy; 2) to attract attention; 3) to draw somebody or something into participation.
๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฑ๐ญ: Is your dog a 'pet' in training, or a 'partner' in training? When your dog engages with you more than the environment, they become your partner.
๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง (verb):
1) to develop or form habits, thoughts, or behavior by discipline and instruction; 2) to make proficient by instruction and practice; 3) to discipline and instruct (an animal), as in the performance of tasks or tricks.
๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฑ๐ญ: Repetition of demonstration, guidance, and performance. What I refer to as the 'mechanics' of training.
๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (verb):
1) to alter the response of [a person or animal] to a particular stimulus or situation; 2) to establish a conditioned response in [a person or animal]; 3) Psychology: to establish a conditioned response in (a subject).
๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฑ๐ญ: Using repetitious exposure to environmental factors to increase or lessen behavioral action. Or to lessen fear and build confidence.
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ:
Deep satisfaction: A happy feeling from achieving goals or doing good work.
๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฑ๐ญ: Applies to giving a dog 'a job'. Something to work their mind, that they can accomplish, with eventual praise and other reward.
Every minute of the video shows something important in the interaction with my dogs. Casual, conversational, enjoyable, dependable -- does that describe your time with your dogs?
Are you ready for it to?
~By Mark Rogers
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