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training. Using a rock-solid dog as
an example in potentially fearful
situations can significantly help the
puppy through a fearful event or
prevent the fearful event altogether. For speed training, if you have
a fast dog, let the puppy watch
you train that dog in agility. If your
other dog is not fast, do not let the
puppy watch you train that specific
dog. This can make quite a difference in your puppy's performance.

The secret to great puppy training is that it's seven days a week,
and every moment your puppy is
awake. That may seem daunting,
but it is actually quite easy if you
create a habit of being hyperaware of your puppy's presence.
The magic in what we are going
to talk about is how that enhances
learning, bonding, and social ability. Those are all very important
aspects of preparing your puppy
for agility and well-adjusted life.

Stress Levels
One other important point to
consider is the study published
in June of 2019 on the long-term
stress levels being synchronized
in dogs and their owners. The
study suggests that dogs mirror
the stress level of their owners and
that short-term cortisol responses
are related within dog-human
teams during the performance of
dog sports. That tells us that if we
get nervous and stressed walking
into the agility ring, our dogs will
be at the same heightened state.
This is great news for dogs that react high to stress unless it affects
their thinking capability, but it's not
the best news for dogs who react
low or sensitive to stress. The better we can control our minds and
be confident in our performance,
the more we can help our dogs
both mentally and physically during training and competition.

Brain Development
Most important for puppy and
adult canine learning is to understand brain development. Much of
what we know today was from the
extensive research and studies
done by Canadian psychologists
Donald O. Hebb and Norton W.
Milgram. Both psychologists have
reported vast differences on the
developing brain that received
a multitude of various stimulation versus the brain that was left
without stimulation and problemsolving scenarios. In summary of
their findings, both psychologists
report that the brain continues
to develop, and thinking creates
learning. Therefore, if you provide

Life skills are easy tasks that you
can and should do anytime you
are with your puppy. You do not
have to schedule these into training sessions. You just need to look
for opportunities during your dayto-day routine when your puppy
is near you. This is very important
for at least the first year of your
puppy's life. There are 25 life skills
covered in my MAP training program, but for the sake of keeping
this article to a reasonable size, I
am only outlining a few of my favorites that are super easy to add
to everyday life.
Sound and Motion
Desensitization

What Are the Life Skills and
How Do You Incorporate Them
into Your Daily Routine?
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Now that you are prepared with
information that can assist you
with understanding your puppy,
and about why some tools are better than others, we can move on
to the most important aspect of
puppy raising: the "life skills" from
the My Awesome Puppy (MAP)
training program.

motivation for a puppy to want to
learn and the confidence to try
and problem solve without assistance, their brain neurons will
continue firing and expanding,
which ultimately leads to more
intelligence. We can all capitalize
on our puppy's brain development, thus intelligence, during
our day to day routine if we make
a conscious effort. I will outline
more of the when, where, and
how, in the life skills section of
this article.

Do you try to be careful when
opening a trash bag or moving
anything in your house, so you
do not scare your puppy? Do just
the opposite. Make those routine
sounds and motion bigger and
louder while you toss treats to your
puppy. Your puppy may require
some gradual conditioning if he
was not desensitized by the breeder, but in no time at all, your puppy
will welcome the daily noises and
silly movement because it's all in
play, and sometimes it rains food.
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