This is the puppy training podcast episode number 95, teaching your dog tricks.

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 here to help you every step of the way. This is the puppy training podcast

and I'm your host Amy Jensen. Hello, how are you today? How are things going around you?

I hope you are doing well and I hope that you are finding ways to enjoy being with your dog

and getting out to experience fun

things together. That's what life is about, right? I know it's not all fun in games, but it is

important to experience fun along the way. On the topic of that, fun, today I want to talk about

tricks. Who doesn't like watching fun tricks, right? Trick training is a great way

to build a relationship with your dog and have fun at the same time. After all, you guys, life is

meant to be enjoyed, not just endured and I feel like that also applies to having a dog.

It is easy to feel overwhelmed in the beginning, especially if you have a new dog in your home

or a new puppy because of the amount of time you are spending supervising, right?

You're supervising them to prevent unwanted habits like chewing on furniture, peeing on floors, chasing your children or other household pets.

You guys know what I'm talking about.

I want to help you see the fun in having a dog as well

and learn how to use these fun things to improve behavior. Sometimes I coach clients and they forget

a little bit that what we're teaching our dogs to do can be used to actually make life better.

Tricks are a fabulous way to help your kids spend time with the puppy in a structured way.

This gives them the ability to be with the puppy without the biting, chasing, or other unwanted behaviors.

And kids usually get pretty excited to teach a high five or a shake or spin.

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