This morning, Kairo passed her Mantrailing Global Level 1 Assessment! She completed a perfect trail in under 5 minutes (maximum time is 30 minutes) - so proud of her!

I had a hoopers 1-1 today & it got me thinking more & more about this question. How much do you take into account the handler & their individual learning style when running your training? A few times on my 1-1 the trainer has told me that I’m overthinking things & this is transferring to Freddie & affecting his confidence. ( which I appreciate is true) I’ve been working hard to try not to do this but on reflection I feel that if I’m overthinking it’s because I’m not at the unconscious competence stage so I have to think harder about the task. So my conclusion was if I’m an overthinker just telling me not to overthink wont help, same as if someone was scared of snakes saying don’t be scared won’t help. Do you as trainers adjust to handler as well or is it all about the dog? This is mostly my curiosity & interest 😁

This week I've been training Smudge. A border terrier that's frustration reactive. I filmed some of the training and posted it for premium members in the reactivity resolved course. If you enjoy this kind of content then let me know. I am training dogs constantly so I figure it might be a helpful resource to post a lot of it in the classroom.

What was the last thing you trained your dog? Tell us about it.

Interested in what people’s views are on dogs bedtime 🤔 Do you have a set time? Do they go to bed when you go to bed? Do you have a bedtime routine?