👇Why your dog can’t run forward fast… In directional training, there’s a mistake I see happen ALL the time. Dogs don’t run forward quickly – they just return fast. The fix is extremely simple, but it’s insanely effective. If you only reward the dog when it returns, of course it’s not motivated to run forward. Your dog thinks: Running backward = treat “Running forward is NOT rewarded, so I’m not in a hurry.” In the teaching phase, I always put treats behind the cone, so the dog can reward itself