“Procrastination is the thief of time”
One of my mother’s favourite sayings! Whenever we wanted to put off doing anything at all - from carrying our plate back to the sink to hanging up our coats or finishing our homework - that steady calm voice would tell us we were wasting our precious time, that it was lost and gone for ever.
Of course at that age we had no idea of how fast time whizzes by.
But now we’re all grown up and we know! All too well!
And it’s not only our time that we’re losing, but our lovely dog’s time.
Our dogs haven’t got as long as we have. They haven’t got time to lose. They’re here and time-consuming (as a puppy), they’re still here and much loved and adored (as an older dog).
But how much of their time do we waste by NOT working with them?
.. by NOT teaching them what we’d like?
.. by NOT finding the time to do the training we’ve spent ages trawling through the internet to find?
If we’re always being too busy to utilise the knowledge we’ve found, then that knowledge is useless - and acquiring it was a perfect waste of time!
NOW NOW NOW!
We all want rapid results - of course we do. I don’t know about you, but I get a lot of tech challenges in my line of business. I know how to do things . . . but what do I do when it all goes wrong? 😱
Over time I’ve cracked most of the daily tech problems I get. But if my business didn’t rely on solving those problems, I’d probably . . . procrastinate!
It’s much easier not to confront problems, rather let them drift in the forlorn hope that they’ll just disappear. But as we know, in truth, they bubble along below the surface till one day they jump up to bite us!
And then, don’t you just wish you’d dealt with the problem head on, at the time it first emerged? Because now you have loads of issues to unravel - just to get back to where you started!
So to forestall tech problems, I’m careful only to use software which has a solid reputation for speedy support and backup.
Don’t you need just that with your dog?
You can find anything you want on the internet and in books. You can filter your results carefully for methods which accord with your own values - to make sure you only use force-free training.
You can even allocate the time and get started working with your dog!
So . . . it says:
Step 1: Do this
Step 2: Dog will do that
Step 3: You’ve got it!
But hang on! What happens when Step 2 falls asunder?
What happens when you “do this” (or you think you’re “doing this” - maybe you’re actually doing something wrong or different? How can you know?) and then your dog does NOT “do that”?
Now what?
You’re stuck. Stuck fast. Can’t move forward. No idea what the problem is. Is the dog dumb? Are you dumb? You’re doing your best and it’s just not working.
This is where you need that speedy support and backup. There is absolutely no reason why you should be able to make this work straight away. You’re not an expert, which is why you’ve looked for help in the first place!
So what can you do?
Just like me choosing softwares which have a solid reputation for speedy support and backup, you need to choose dog training with a solid reputation for speedy support and backup!
I’m not a tech expert, and I can’t manage those techy problems without guidance and help. And if you’re not a professional dog trainer, you need that same guidance and help for your dog training.
Every time you meet a problem you can’t solve, you’re likely to put off dealing with it.
Ok, so the dog jumps up on visitors - I can’t fix it so they’ll have to put up with it.
The dog barks at other dogs - been trying to change this on my own for years without success.
My dog is so embarrassing I can’t walk him by daylight … I’ve tried everything . . .
You need HELP!
You need someone who you can trust not only to give you the methods and techniques, but to help you build a plan to teach them to your particular dog - in your own individual circumstances - and then be there for you to be accountable to, so that you get it done!
Someone who will hold your hand, help you modify your plan where necessary, see what may be going wrong, and give you a High Five when you’ve achieved your goal.
Someone you can be honest with, unburden yourself to, who you know will understand what you’re struggling with with your dog.
You’re in luck!
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