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In this podcast episode I discuss the start of training. In my \\u201cin -person\\u201d lessons we all start out at the same place. Whether someone just got a rescue dog a few weeks ago or whether they paid tens of thousands of dollars for a \\u201cfully trained\\u201d dog, we all start out assessing three things.

First, relationship, then basic \\u201ccore\\u201d skills (including the one core skill that makes any dog a \\u201cgood dog\\u201d) and lastly we address \\u201cpolicies\\u201d. One of the challenges in starting with a new client is that everyone calls me with what I label a \\u201cpolicy disagreement\\u201d with their dog. That is, their dog has one set of default rules and their owner would like them to have another.

Before throwing down the new policy manual, (to be fair to your dog) we have to see if they have the basic \\u201ccore\\u201d skills to do the kinds of policies that you want them to do and before we address basic skills, we have to clarify the relationship. At the end of this podcast, I leave you with some \\u201cobservational\\u201d homework so you can start assessing those three areas right away (relationship, basic skills, and policies).

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All the Best,

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