DOGGIE DOG BLOG

Written By:  Marie Williams

In the world today, people seem to lead such hurried lifestyles. We rush to work, we rush to appointments, we rush to pick up the kids, we rush to drop off the kids, we rush to get through traffic before rush hour. Few stops to take time to smell those beautiful flowers along the road, watch the clouds roll by in the sky, listen to the birds chirp and watch as they gather the necessities to build their nest or feed their young. You see, there is much we can learn from nature if we just stop and take the time.

One of the main things we can learn from nature is patience. All animals, with the exception of most humans, work with nature instead of against it. These animals take time to be prepared for each stage in their life. Squirrels gather food all year long in preparation for the winter when it is scarce. Bears put on enough weight and coat to tide them over through their long winter naps, and dogs nest into their own dug holes to keep cool or provide warmth from the cutting wind depending on the time of year. The thing is, you rarely see an animal in their natural habitat in a hurry unless running from a predator (which many times are humans).

My point is this….nothing comes good with rushing. By the time you reach your destination you’ve many times forgotten something. The same goes with raising a dog. You cannot skip steps and actually expect to achieve something grand. Each step is important, and if you give each step the time it deserves then the end result will be less stressful for all, more precise, and more rewarding. In reality, when you give more time, you receive more time because you don’t have to go back fixing mistakes.

Things don’t move fast enough to suit many peoples taste, but I can promise you if you don’t rush the training of your dog, but instead use patience and consistency, then you will end up with a much brighter, calmer, more stable dog and will have formed a much tighter bond between the two of you.

Marie Williams

Writer/Trainer