What an Owner Should Know
We've looked at many issues. What every dog owner must know is that the obedience level they attain with their dog is directly a result of the quality of the dog that the breeder produced, the quality of the trainer they have chosen, and the result of their own personal ability to understand, communicate and be consistent with the responses and expectations they impart to the dog.
No owner or trainer can compensate for poor breeding once the dog is on the ground. They can modify some of it, or live with it. But, the dog was breed a certain way, good, bad or indifferent, and that is what you will live and work with.
A trainer is there to teach and help the owner reach his maximum potential in the areas of dog knowledge, communication, response, timing of corrections, expectations, tone of voice and much more. In short, all that it takes to train a dog well. This requires a trainer who is not mediocre or stamped out of a mold, but one who is a true dog trainer with dog and human communication skills and all this implies physically, psychologically, emotionally, socially and verbally.
The enhanced personal competency and ability levels of the dog is a direct result of an owner's own personal competency and ability levels. The enhanced personal competency and ability levels of the owner is a direct result of a trainer's own personal competency and ability levels. The enhanced personal competency and ability levels of the trainer is a direct result their of innate skills and competency in "cold reading" dogs and people instantly, "feeling" dogs, instinct, empathy, verbal and nonverbal communication skills, personal character, fluidity of temperament, full-brain cognitive thinking, critical thinking skills, ability to foresee situational events, long years of personal experience with a vast number of dogs before teaching has even begun, extrapolation skills, ongoing desire for learning, teaching skills, good base in dog knowledge of all kinds (current medical findings, behavioral studies, etc.), problem-solving capabilities, adaptability and genuine care and concern for the betterment of the dog's life and situation.
Meanwhile, the true dog trainer, because they know through personal instinct, experience, study and innate talent what is required to train both the dog and owner, is still quietly training dogs that are happy, for owners that are happy.
