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In this episode, I talk about another one of my books: Forever Home: Dog Training 101 & How to Be a Better Shelter Volunteer.
I wrote this book after spending a lot of time volunteering in shelters and seeing people with really good intentions sometimes accidentally make things harder for the dogs they were trying to help. The goal was to take basic dog-training principles and apply them in a simple, practical way that could help shelter volunteers, fosters, and ultimately the dogs themselves.
We talk about rewarding the behaviors we want, redirecting the ones we do not, helping dogs decompress instead of overwhelming them, and why taking every shelter dog straight out for a walk may not always be the best first step.
A few of the biggest takeaways:
- Consistency and frequency matter more than trying to cram everything into long training sessions.
- Good management can reduce overstimulation and give dogs a better chance to succeed.
- The Readers, Groomers, and Walkers progression gives dogs time to become comfortable with people before asking more from them.
- Matching dogs and volunteers by experience level can help keep both the dogs and the people working with them safer.
- Fostering and shelter work should help prepare dogs for life in a real home.
- The goal is not simply getting dogs adopted. It is helping them stay in their forever homes.
If you want to take a deeper look at the ideas in the episode, Forever Home: Dog Training 101 & How to Be a Better Shelter Volunteer is available here:
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Forever-Home-Training-Shelter-Volunteer-ebook/dp/B00CSVQGGQ
K.I.S.S. Dog Training:
https://kissdogtraining.com/product/forever-home-e-book/
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Mike Deathe owns Keep it Simple Stupid (K.I.S.S.) Dog training. We can be reached through comments here, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kissdogtraining. LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikedeathe/, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mikedeathekissdogtraining/. And of course at our website https://kissdogtraining.com/
