[header] How to be patient with your dog [title] Be consistent. [step] Losing patience with your dog can cause them to be confused. Your dog may not know what you want or how you will react if they do something. 
By being consistently patient, you help keep your dog from getting confused. [substeps] For example, if you are patient one day while doing something with them, but then yell and get frustrated the next day, the dog will be confused and not know how to act.