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Oh ya, one more thing, before making a full fledged commitment into this if you've only been working with your own dog and maybe a couple friend's dogs so far, I'd highly recommend trying to work with as many other dogs as possible. Not all dogs are the same, some are easier to train than others (especially your own) and some dogs have a very hard time responding to anyone except their owner. Other dogs have aggression issues that must be dealt with, some have "odd" fears that need to be worked out and that doesn't even begin the list of problems that show up with dogs. Are you prepared to commit to these types of dogs? Some dogs are so un-motivated, independent, and stubborn, it's difficult to convince them to do anything for you and that can be quite frusterating at times (*cough* ronin *cough*) do you have the patience to spend hours on end with this dog day in and day out (depending on the circumstances) to find the one thing that motivates him and then finding a way to incorporate that one thing into training?
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