In training there’s a phrase “putting time on your dog,” which means working your dog around a particular discipline for a period of time.  It’s not rocket science that consistency and time-on-task are key elements of any training routine.  Of course, many short sessions are better than one long one, unless your training exercise is an advanced one geared to address a training challenge over an extended period of time. Anyway, this concept of “putting time on your dog” is a way to think about what you actually do in “spending time with your dog.”  Being with your dog is the foundation of your relationship, from which everything else flows.  And when you spend this time together, you are in fact putting time on…