Really finding today tough

You are not alone.☺️☺️I have and am having similar thoughts and feelings. I sometimes too feel I'm not much of a trainer...not the one I thought I would be! Hugs...cause I understand.x

 

Yay, sometimes i just look forward to that day

 

Wow, hope for me☺️☺️

 

I think there should be a section on Adolescent Dogs....
A couple of people spoke about how it gets better...that was encouraging for me, with my one year old girl. Thanks everyone.

 

Fear not, you are the best trainer ever - for your dog.

 

It really does get better! Then one day you blink....and wonder where that young dog has gone...

 

Autumn last year I was at a gundog training day and things were not going well. I was so surprised when a very experienced handler standing near to me told me that he thought my lunatic dog was ‘absolutely cracking’. I couldn’t believe my ears and started to list all the things that my dog wasn’t doing; coming straight back, being steady etc. He told me to ignore all that and focus on all the things my dog was doing right, marking the dummy fall well, fast out run through any cover and told me that my dog was stylish and bold. He said to train through all the problems and that if I did so I would have a great dog.

I am so grateful to him as it is so easy when dog training to just look at all the problems and list all that your dog doesn’t do and other dogs can. A more experienced person knows that these are just blips on the way and that underneath it all there is a sound dog.

Your dog will be fine just remember to focus on what your dog CAN do and remain positive. The best dogs are those where the owner does not give up and continues training.