236 | Are You Training Your Dog… or Just Performing Dog Training?

Beyond Obedience | Dog Training, Dog Body Language, Anxious Dogs, Scared Dogs, Reactive Dogs · Sep 3, 2026 · 24m

Hey Dog Lover 🐾

Have you ever learned a dog training technique, tried it with your dog exactly the way you were taught...

and it didn't work?

Maybe the problem isn't the technique.

Maybe somewhere along the way, we've become so focused on doing dog training correctly that we've forgotten to pay attention to the dog standing in front of us.

Where should my hands be?

When do I say the word?

When do I reward?

What am I supposed to do next?

And while we're busy trying to remember all the steps, our dog may be communicating an enormous amount of information that we're completely missing.

So here's…