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Pick Your Battles: What Actually Matters in Dog Training
Perfection doesn’t exist in dog training and chasing it can suck the fun out of life with your dog.
In this episode, Jack and professional trainer Max talk about the importance of picking your battles. Not every behaviour needs fixing, and not every rule needs to be enforced. The real work is figuring out what actually matters to you.
It's important to break behaviours down into three simple categories:
Non-negotiables
Nice to haves
Doesn’t matter
Jack shares his long-running (and eventually abandoned) battle with Kira jumping on the furniture, while Max talks about living with Nelson and his…
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