This is the puppy training podcast episode number 81, training mode versus everyday life.

This podcast is designed to help you on your journey of becoming best friends through love and learning as you train your own dog from home.

And I'm here to help you every step of the way.

This is the puppy training podcast and I'm your host help you every step of the way. This is the puppy training podcast

and I'm your host Amy Jensen. Hello everybody. Thank you for listening. Your dogs are truly

very lucky to have such great caring owners who want to learn and become better. It is really fun to be

a part of a training community with you where we can support each other and learn from become better. It is really fun to be a part of a training community with you,

where we can support each other and learn from one another. This past week, I spoke with a lady

named Katie about her dog, Ila. And she had a concern that her dog only listens when it is

training time and wanted to know how to carry that over into everyday life. And I've been asked this

quite a few times. So for the podcast today, let's talk about it. I think there are many

handlers and owners out there who have this very same question. And I know I can relate to this

feeling as well. So thank you, Katie, for bringing it up. Now, there are three main areas I want to address today on this topic.

First, why training mode?

Like, why is there something that we call training mode?

Where did that come from?

What is it?

And how does that develop?

Secondly, what do you want your dog to do?

And how do we gear our minds to think that way?

Like, what are the goals for your dog?

That will vary from household to household.

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