Mind the Dogs, my Friends

“Does this training spark joy?” If it does, keep it. If not, dispose of it. 

When you reward, you gain a little confidence. You start to believe in the future.

We should be choosing what behaviours we want to keep, not what we want to get rid of.

The space in which we train should be for the dog they are becoming now, not for the dog they we were in the past.

Keep only the training that speak to your heart. Then take the plunge and discard all the rest.

People cannot change their habits without first changing their way of thinking.

Visible reactions distract us from the true source of the behaviour.

Training is the act of confronting yourself. 

We can only transform our training if we sincerely want to.  Small changes transform our training.

There are two reasons we can’t let go:  an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.

Now imagine yourself training in a way that contains only methods that spark joy. Isn’t this the lifestyle you dream of? 

From the moment you start training, you will be compelled to reset the rest of your life.

Once you learn to use your training properly, you will be left with only the ways that suit you perfectly. 

Changing training habits acquired over many years is often extremely difficult.

It is human nature to resist throwing something away even when we know we should.

To get rid of training you no longer need is neither wasteful or shameful.

Bindi’s been a ‘kid’ her entire life.

My roommate’s chihuahua is a ‘mister’.

I tend to address dogs as ‘sir’ or ‘ma’am’.

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