Your dogs mistakes are feedback not failure
- laurajenningsdogs
- Jan 21
- 1 min read
💪 Mistakes are feedback not failure!
💪The Rule of 5 tells you exactly when to push forward and when to step back, it helps us not take failure and mistakes personally.
💪 the Rule of 5 works. Keeps success rate around at 80–90% and protects confidence and motivation. It stops us as the teacher, worrying about failures as we have a plan!
💪 It gives the handler objective feedback instead of guessing and learning happens fastest when mistakes are not too frequent.
💪 repeat an exercise 5 times! If our dog makes 🚫 4–5 mistakes, make the exercise easier
This means the task is currently too hard. Success rate is less than 20% and your dog is likely to leave the training session or become frustrated and confused if you don’t change something!
💪 2 mistakes out of 5 repetitions. Stick! Don’t change anything and just maintain and stay at the same level
Your dog has a success rate of about 60% and is starting to understand but isn’t there yet.
💪Your
dog makes 0–1 mistakes out of 5 reps, it’s time to progress. Increase difficulty slightly (duration, distance, distraction)
💪 Every session is new session! Train the dog in front of you today, not the dog you had yesterday!
I’ve been a professional dog trainer working around Dublin for almost two decades and this formula has never let me down. Any questions or need help to navigate this in real life situations, pop the questions below!
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