“What am I doing that’s setting my dog up where I feel like I need to reward for effort?” Our hosts, Robin Greubel and Stacy Barnett, explore what it means to “ask your dog a question” in training. Rather than guessing why a dog is struggling or rushing to a fix, they recommend deliberately testing one criterion at a time to find out what the dog understands and where the breakdown is. Stacy shares how simplifying the setup revealed that Jack needed to see a container to

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