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So the first thing we want to be careful of when we look for a trainer is the guarantee.

You cannot guarantee your methods because there are just so many unknown variables.

One of those would be we don't know how the dog is going to react to the training.

So a lot of times I've talked about in a previous episode what may work for one dog may not work for another dog.

So the sit is the example I use.

Ideally, how that works is we lure the dog into position.

The hand comes up, the dog follows the treat in the hand, and then once their head is up, they have that seesaw motion.

The backing goes down a little bit, and then we bring the hand straight over their head.

The idea being as they follow the treat going over their head, they're going to go into that full sit position.

Some dogs just will not do that for me.

So another method would be to kind of push in towards the dog.

We're not actually pushing the dog, but we're moving the treat towards them.

So as they look down, they're going to back up a little bit, but hits the floor.

The point being there's several methods that you can use, and I cannot guarantee one is going to work for every dog.

The other variable is we don't know if the people are going to practice the behaviors with their dog when we're not there.

A good example of that is when I worked for a daycare, we did board and train, and I was the trainer.

I took this dog out, very smart dog, very receptive, responded really well to the training.

But when the person came to pick them up, I said, hey, we need to sit down for about an hour or so, so I can go over what I taught the dog and how we get the dog to respond.

I told her it was kind of like, I've taught your dog French, now I need to teach you French so that you can communicate.

And she never would do it.

So I imagine the dog was still responding the same way in the home as he was before I worked with him.

So we don't have that guarantee that the people are going to do the work that they need to do on top of it.

So we just can't guarantee that the dog is going to respond.

The other problem I see with this, when you see guarantee, usually it's reliant on pain or aversion.

So the dog is avoiding whatever it is, and it is a change in the behavior.