I'd say it's not incredibly hard, but it's certainly not intuitive. Training animals (including people) is very much a learned skill. Our primate brains get fr

I'd say it's not incredibly hard, but it's certainly not intuitive. Training animals (including people) is very much a learned skill. Our primate brains get frustrated easily when a canine brain doesn't pick up what we think should be instinctual, and we're very bad at applying well-timed primary and secondary reinforcers until we're shown how. We're also particularly bad at pacing the jumps in difficulty we should be giving when training new behaviors. I see this all the time, whether it be crate training, heelwork, nosework, teaching commands as simple as "sit" or "speak" on vocal command, etc.