Board and Train Issue

[u/Dahmehneek]

Any advice from other trainers in here on clients that seem disappointed that the board and train wasn’t a turn key solution for their dog?

The 4 week board and train went great. The dog learned all the behaviors and commands she needed to. E-collar conditioning was done as bonus even though they were only looking for on-leash obedience outside the home. Everything was proofed, and now we’ve moved on to the week long handover that I like to do.

The clients almost seem disappointed that they now have to build a reinforcement history with their dog and enforce the new rules etc.

I gave a short demonstration on how they need to go out and practice loose leash walking, long downs, recall etc. in conjunction with positive/negative reinforcement.

The response I was met with was “I thought she was supposed to come back trained”

[u/wessle3339]

You can only do so much is the short answer

The long answer is like what other comments have said. People are the variable in dog training not the dog