Good Morning,
It is a cold crisp day outside and I am allowing my hot cup of Door County Cherry Creme Coffee to move slowly through my system and warm me up. It is time to write.
Yesterday, I had the experience of training our dogs with my nephew Matthew. We had with us Matt's dog, one of mine and Matt's brother's dog. You could tell that we hadn't been training much as of late because we were hunting quite a bit and winter wasn't cooperating with our efforts.
All three dogs were a little sloppy in the training arena yesterday at first. The response we were getting wasn't what I desired from all three and especially the two champions. I had to scratch what I was originally going to do for a training session and slow down and ease into it. Every time I hit the field with the "two honchos" I have come to expect almost perfection and yesterday wasn't it.
So I backed off on the skill level and intensity of the training and soon there after the dogs were coming around. I was less frustrated and so were the dogs. A little patience, less stress and more praise seemed to do the trick.
My point for the day is this. Sometimes you need to start slowly in life's daily grind and make sure all of those involved in an endeavor with you clearly understand the goal and expectations. You need to make sure that you are also clearly communicating, and if needed go back to the basics and don't leave anyone behind.
At the end of the day, things looked better and we finished on a fun note for the dogs. Last night all three dogs in our home were content, tired and just looking to get their ears scratched. Today is a new day and yesterday forgotten.
Food for thought. God bless.
Marty
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