Does your dog get easily distracted? Here are 5 tips to help keep them focused 👇 🐾 Start with smart management strategies – Start with environment control, limiting distractions to set your dog up for success. For recall training, this might mean using a long line to prevent runaway distractions. Make it hard for them to practise unwanted behaviours, so they’re more likely to choose the right action. 🐾 Work at the right distance – Work at a manageable distance from triggers, keeping your dog

Distracting your reactive dog DOES NOT always work. Redirection is NOT the solution. Here’s why: You do not want to have to lure your dog away with a cookie for the rest of his life… every single time you pass another dog or person, right? Training that relies on distracting and redirecting is prone to fail one day - because we as owners are not perfect and will not always see the trigger before our dog does. And one day you are not fast enough to distract your dog and then… BOOM! 💥 Back to rea