PERSONAL GOALS FOR YOUR DOG 2011
This time of year prompts us to reflect on our goals and progress:
- What are the key skills you want to work on - for next 1 to 2 months (Puppies) for next 2 – 6 months (adults)?
- What do you want to achieve with your dog this year?
- Are there any issues you need to resolve? Describe:
- How do you intend to go about this?
- How many times a day do you feed your dog?
- Do you make use of feeding times to reinforce short training exercises?
- Do you hand-feed your dog some/all of their meal?
- How many times a day to you work on something with your dog? For how long?
- How many times a day do you simply play with your dog? For how long?
- How much exercise does your dog get daily? In how many sessions?
- What help do you need to achieve your goals?
- On a scale of 1-10, how would you describe your household (1 = Calm, regular routine; 10 = Frenetic, constantly changing routine)
- When you are working on a new skill, to what extent do you train that at different venues? How many? How do you decide when to go to a new venue?
- On a scale of 1-10, how would you describe your training approach (1 = I stick to one method I like; 10 = constantly trying new methods).
