TN Pro K9

Let’s play “The Name Game”.

The name game is such a simple yet extremely powerful game to play with your dog.

Think about it, how often do you use your dogs name in a negative context and compare that with how often you use it in a positive context. Most of the time it’s the first one.

But, what word are you going to use in a stressful situation when you lose the leash, the dog bolts out the door or through the gate, or maybe comes out of the vehicle to fast? You’re going to use the dogs name in that stressful moment.

So we are simply creating a positive association to the dogs name. So they know, when they hear that, they have a guarantee of getting something of high value.

Give this a shot, give me 5 minutes a day for at least the next 5-7 days and I almost promise you’ll begin to see a change in response to the dogs own name.

This is the response we want from the clicker or any other marker. The “slam the breaks and get THE F back to the reward source” kind of response.