Samokotrola (Selfcontrol)

 Ovaj blog je trebao početi sa nekim dužim, smislenim i pomno sastavljenim tekstom, međutim desila se jedna slučajna snimka vlasnika koji zove svog psa da mu dođe i jedan susret uživo sa sasvim drugim vlasnikom i sasvim drugim psom koji su presudili drugačije i tijek pisanja dužeg, smislenog i pomno sastavljenog teksta kao takvog se promijenila u sljedeće…

 Puno ćete postići u načinu na koji vas pas doživljava ako se probate kontrolirati da kad radite neku vježbu sa svojim psom ne ponavljate komande jer pas neće steći fokus niti išta korisno naučiti ako vi par puta kažete jedno te isto, nego dapače svaki sljedeći put će sve sporije reagirati i jedino što će naučiti je koliko vremena treba da odustanete od onog što želite ili će naučiti da niste dosljedni niti uporni, jednom riječju naučiti će jedino kako dobiti po svome.  To pogotovo vrijedi za rad na daljinu kad se gubi vaš fizički utjecaj na psa, psi se postepeno  uče raditi na daljinu. Ako pas ne reagira ili nema fokus na vas i svoje vlastito ime ili je odlučio da mu je nešto drugo važnije nemojte ponavljati komadu jer vam je trud uzalud, radije bez riječi otiđite do psa, napravite korekciju i onda ponovite komandu na manjoj udaljenosti ili ako niste za korekciju onda otiđite do psa i napravite vježbu ponovno školski izbliza. Druga česta situacija kod vlasnika pasa je dodavanje riječi i/ili mijenjanje postojeće komande, odnosno iz nesigurnosti mijenjanje položaja tijela i zvuka komande. Neće vas  pas prije poslušati ako npr. jednoj komadi „idemo“ ( u prijevodu: slijedi me) iz vlastite nesigurnosti dodate usput i „ajde, tu, uz“. Odredite si jednu riječ koja će označavati neku određenu radnju i držite se nje i postepeno učite psa da na nju reagira sa povodcem ili bez na blizu ili na daljinu.

 This blog was supposed to start with a long, meaningful and carefully composed text, however I saw a recording of an owner who was calling his dog to come and then I had a live consultation with a completely different owner and completely different dog and these two situations changed the direction of my original idea and instead of writing a long, meaningful and carefully composed text I have written the following ...

 A great deal will be achieved in the way your dog experiences you if you try to control yourself when you're doing an exercise with your dog and try not to repeat the command. The dog will not gain focus or learn anything useful if you say the same thing over and over (the command), instead, each time you command him he will be slower in reaction and the only thing he will learn is how long it takes you to give up on what you want or he will learn that you are not consistent and persistent, in a word he will only learn how to get his way. This is especially true for working at a distance when you are losing your physical impact on the dog. Dogs gradually learn how to work at a distance. If the dog doesn't respond or doesn't focus on you and his own name or has decided there is something else more important, do not repeat the command or your labor will be pointless. Go to the dog silently, make the correction and then repeat the command at less distance, or if you are against the correction then go to the dog and run through the exercise again at less distance. Another thing dog owners do when they are uncertain about whether the dog will obey them is to add words and /or modify existing commands, change the position of the body and change the sound of the usual command. The dog will not start obeying you if you add more unnecessary words because you are insecure or uncertain of the outcome, for example instead off a simple „lets go“ (translation: follow me) if you add "come, here, heel" out of your own uncertainty. Determine a word/command that means a specific physical action and stick to it and gradually teach the dog to respond to it with or without a leash, close or at a distance.