❤️ [Little Hunterman] 25: A Wee about Guiding and Mentoring (Humans)
The BIG Word According to Little Hunterman by Hunter Lassal – A Terrier's Fun Take on the Human World: Here comes wee 25
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The Big World According to Little Hunterman by Hunter Lassal:
25: A Wee about Guiding and Mentoring (Humans)
Before we get to this chapter's juicy part, we need to talk about the very first step to making our humans guidance-ready.
By this, I mean: before you can begin to even think about safely training your humans, you need to first catch and secure their full attention!
That usually requires a clever bait (I use my ball) and an unusual amount of patience.
The next step is to put your humans on the leash.
Don’t feel bad about it. A leash is a very useful tool for training sessions.
Without a leash, your humans will lose their focus in no time.
They will wander all over the place, take out their phone-thingies, and once that happens you won’t get them to concentrate on the training anytime soon.
Once you have them on the leash, and you see your human losing focus, just give the leash a quick and hard pull into an unexpected direction.
Surprise them!
That usually helps to snap the focus back on you.
Be gentle, but stay firm.
If you do this half-heartedly, it won’t work.
And always remember: it is in their very own bestest interest that you are taking charge here.
Another point is that you must respond really quickly to whatever they do. This is the only way they’ll know that their actions and your reactions are connected.
This is so totally important!!!
Otherwise you’ll only confuse them. And confused humans are hard to guide and care for.
I had to learn this early in my little life. My humans are frightfully helpless without my constant guidance and direction. But I love them so very much that I don’t mind the extra bit of work.
Then again, doggies are naturals at this.
It’s just what we’re good at, right?
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