[nagdu] Downtime in class

[Cindy Ray]

\Hi, Sarah, I am Cindy. You know, it depends on the dog. I am a firm believer in spending a lot of time in the process of bonding with my dog, especially the first few days. If the person who trained you is your trainer, they will look to that person for a while, but you will start to see a switch over in a few days. When you take that dog home, I think the bonding increases because now it has left all it knows behind except you, so it trusts you. You will have work to do to become a solid team, but your dog and you will have already begun a strong bonding that will only get stronger. I think the key is a lot of attention, especially at first and mostly from you, corrections when you have to, and lots of praise when the dog does something right and well.

CL