The Biggest Dog Training Problem Isn’t Your Dog

Originally published March 11, 2026, on WBSM 1420

Moments into a dog training lesson, I’m watching a dog’s behavior switch from an excited display to a patient sit. I’ve already started communicating with the dog even before the training portion of the lesson begins.

As I’m asking the client about the problem behaviors, the dog is demonstrating the complete opposite of what we’re discussing.

Silent communication isn’t magic. I’m not surprised when I see dogs turn their behavior around in real time, but the reality is, it’s hard to make it stick when we tend to repeat the same routines. Dogs are capable of adapting and learning, sometimes even faster than we expect, but how does our behavior affect the training process?

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