Sep 11 ā¢ GENERAL
I F*CKED UP š¤·āāļø
When I got my first dog, Iāll be honestāI messed it up.
Not permanently (we got her back on track in the end)ā¦but the start was rough.
See, I thought I was doing everything āright.āI socialised the hell out of her. Took her everywhere. Let her meet every person, every dog, every single thing that moved.
And hereās what happened:
Her main source of value became everything external.Other dogs. Strangers. Environments.
So guess what?When I needed to step in and say:āNot right now. Not this time. Not that dog.ā
ā¦we clashed.
Because I wasnāt just stopping her from sniffing or playingāI was blocking her from her primary source of reinforcement.
Thatās when frustration and conflict started to creep in.
The lesson?Socialisation is importantā¦but over-socialisation (without anchoring the dogās value system back to YOU) creates a dog thatās externally obsessed and internally conflicted.
You donāt want your dog living for the next distraction. You want them living for the partnership.
Thatās the balance.And itās the piece I badly overlooked at the start.
SO DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE !
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I F*CKED UP š¤·āāļø
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