You paid good money. You drove across town. Your dog learned everything the trainer taught them. And then you got home...and nothing changed. Here’s why: Dogs don’t generalize. They’re context learners. Your dog didn’t learn “how to be calm.” They learned “how to be calm in THAT building, with THAT person, in THAT specific setup.” And the second you brought them back to YOUR house? With YOUR routines? Your doorbell, your windows, your neighborhood dogs? All that training might as well have never