![]() Let’s take something your dog knows how to do, but didn’t originally know how to do it automatically. With anything your dog is doing at any point in his life what if it’s the best he can do? If he takes a toy and does not bring it back, if he ignores you calling him, if he chases the neighbour’s cat … what if it’s the best he can do with the education you have given him, in the environment he is in at that time? Sometimes it can be really difficult to believe that it is the best your dog can do! ![]() Our dogs are doing the best they can with the education we have given them, in the environment we’ve asked them to perform in. Wayne Dyer … and his belief is that people are doing the best they can with the education they have and the environment that they’re put in. What if we suspend the feelings of frustration, anger and judgement for a short while when looking at all the naughty behaviours our dogs do. And it becomes a session of judgement… someone is to blame and that someone is the dog because he is guilty. When you see your dog has done or is doing something he should not, you feel frustration, maybe a bit of anger mixed in with disappointment. Or, maybe the dog is just plain stubborn. ![]() It’s like the dog is blowing you off, giving you the middle doggie digit, or even being just plain vengeful. When your dog does something like raid the garbage or destroy the cushions, and you walk in on it, it’s natural to think that your dog knows better as he looks guilty or does not even greet you. ![]()
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