The classic mantra of Exercise, Discipline, and Affection has a new layout. Exercise, Education, and Affection  This is a more effective and appropriate mantra for you to be able to train your dog with positive methods that actually last. In today's episode, I go over why this is so important and how changing the word discipline to education makes all the difference in the world to you and your dog.  If you want to be able to have the dog of your dreams schedule a call with me with the link below.  https://www.matadork9.com/coaching Want to train your dog from the comfort of your home to be well-behaved and listen no matter what? Get access to Matador University with the link below! https://www.matadork9.com/14daytrial     Episode Transcript 00:00:00:03 - 00:00:26:05Michael J. AccettaWhat we're going to be talking about today is the classic phrase exercise, discipline, affection, and what it should actually be, which is exercise education and affection. So if you have a dog and you've heard the phrase exercise, discipline, affection, I'm going to change your thought on that middle piece, that discipline aspect, because it doesn't give you everything you need in order to actually have success with your dog, in order to have a dog that is well trained, well behaved. 00:00:26:10 - 00:00:56:01Michael J. AccettaExercise, discipline and affection is not the right line up. It should be exercise, education and affection. So let's go through exercise. Why do we even care about exercise? Exercise. Make sure that our dog is healthy, happy and fulfilled long term. Okay. Yes. You want a dog that is well-behaved. You want a dog that listens however if they have all this pent up energy that zooms at 7:00 at night, if they have all that pent up energy, they're not going to be able to think clearly. 00:00:56:04 - 00:01:11:03Michael J. AccettaThis is what's called the Yorks docks and law. So if you think about a hill, the more excitement that your dog has, the less focus they are. If we get to the top of the hill, they can be really, really focused until we get too excited then we actually start to go down in the level of focus. Okay. 00:01:11:03 - 00:01:33:06Michael J. AccettaSo over here, we got a couch potato at the bottom of the hill on the side. There's no excitement. There's no energy. When we start to get energy, maybe we pull out a treat or a toy or we jazz our dog up, we get excited. Then we get to the middle of our hill, that top of the hill where our dog is perfectly focused, and then it goes back down to the bottom when our dog is too crazed, too much energy, too much excitement in the environment. 00:01:34:02 - 00:01:52:14Michael J. AccettaIf your dog has way too much energy, you have a high energy dog and you actually tire them out a little bit. They can think clearer. This means that you can teach them faster. They'll absorb new information faster, and you don't have to struggle trying to, you know, be more jazzed up with your dog. You can actually be at a more level playing field. 00:01:52:14 - 00:02:13:06Michael J. AccettaYou should do this with my clients all the time. If I have an individual who doesn't have a lot of energy, naturally they aren't all over the place and bouncing around or can kind of fake it till they make it. If they can't do that for whatever reason, we need to tire the dog out first. If I tire the dog out first, then I have them on a level playing field. 00:02:13:06 - 00:02:31:12Michael J. AccettaThey'll actually work together. If the dog is crazy and the individual has a low level of energy, they're not going to line up. Same thing if it's the opposite. If the owner has a high level of energy, they want to do a lot with their dog, but their dog doesn't. Their dog wants to be relaxed. Then we also don't have a nice line up. 00:02:31:12 - 00:02:49:04Michael J. AccettaOur dog gets like Drudge along with everything, and they don't like it. They don't enjoy it as much. So the first th