If your dog listens in your living room, but not outside, beware of these two common mistakes.

❌Mistake # 1: Trying to train your dog ‘like other dogs’.

More repetition, firmer cues, or higher value food does not work for the impulsive puppy, the adolescent with a dopamine addiction to movement, the 100mph dog who is scanning, sniffing, tracking, listening, reacting - all at once.

To your dog, the environment isn’t ‘a bit distracting.’ It is ALL-consuming.

That’s why you get one successful response but then they’re gone again, pinged right back to the end of the lead. And it’s why food is ignored completely or practically inhaled. It’s why they simply cannot listen to you.

❌Mistake # 2: Battling against your dog’s fixations on movement, sound, or scent.

That’s a game you just can’t win because the environment is triggering rapid, automatic responses.

Instead of fighting their distraction style… use it.

What steals their attention most? Do they get distracted by sudden movements and random noises?

Well, distract them with sudden movements and random noises!

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