The TWC Difference — short & sweet, in my experience

If you’re someone who has spent hours doing place training with your dog you understand the monotony and the patience it takes. As far as I’m concerned, every part of dog training (and life) takes patience, but it doesn’t all have to be boring.

I recently heard a dog trainer say in order for dogs to behave they require two 45 minute walks a day. I don’t know about you, but I don’t have that kind of time. Yes, you read that right. I don’t always have an hour and a half to “tire out my dog” and even if I did, a walk doesn’t do nearly what say 20 minutes of TWC games can do.

I used to take my dogs to run 3+ times a week—they NEEDED it, my sanity needed it. Now don’t get me wrong, it’s SUPER beneficial for dogs to get out and go run. Just like exercise is important to humans, for both mental and physical benefits. But it used to stress me OUT if I didn’t have the time to run them or if the weather was crappy a few days in a row because their behavior would absolute suffer. But that’s no longer a necessity, nor a worry.

Learning how to better communicate with my dogs and play games in a way that makes sense to them has changed “how much” I have to do with them to “tire them out.” The truth is a 20 minute game of tug or fetch (the right way) has the same “tired out” effect on my dog for the rest of the evening in the house as running off leash and long walks.

I still think it’s important for dogs to experience running off leash, and try to do it every so often… but the point I’m trying to make is it doesn’t run my life anymore.

If you’re someone that runs themself ragged trying to fulfill your dog and have no experience with possession games or chase and catch, you’re missing something huge in your training.

There’s more to these games than just tossing a ball or pulling on a rope and expecting your dog to reciprocate your effort. But once you unlock the games on your dog’s level it truly takes your relationship and your ability to control their excitement to a new level.

You can find the life changing collection of courses here, or locate a TWC trainer near you here, or even send me a dm — I’m happy to schedule an in person or virtual session.

Trust me, your dog CAN play, and will ENJOY it… IF you’re a good player… and you will reap the benefits of a “tired dog.”**

**tired dog is in quotation marks because a “tired dog” is not in fact a good dog. A biologically and genetically fulfilled dog, is a good dog. But the general public more easily recognizes the phrase “tired dog.”