WEBVTT 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:13.060 Hi everybody, welcome to the Canine Connection 00:00:13.060 --> 00:00:17.120 podcast. Today we are going to continue talking 00:00:17.120 --> 00:00:20.280 about reading your dogs. So we're going to try 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:23.120 and come up with some practical strategies that 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:26.339 you can implement to help you understand what 00:00:26.339 --> 00:00:30.179 your dog is telling you in the moment. So initially 00:00:30.179 --> 00:00:32.119 you're probably not going to be able to do it 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:34.600 in the moment, which is fine as long as you can 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:38.100 go back and evaluate it and come up with some 00:00:38.100 --> 00:00:40.079 theories and ideas and eventually you're going 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:42.750 to get. better and better at it i think what 00:00:42.750 --> 00:00:46.130 makes it extra complicated to read dogs is that 00:00:46.130 --> 00:00:52.390 um they have a limited vocabulary right so for 00:00:52.390 --> 00:00:56.270 example they can yawn yeah they definitely yawn 00:00:56.270 --> 00:00:59.649 when they're tired right they can yawn when they're 00:00:59.649 --> 00:01:01.969 stressed they can yawn when they're confused 00:01:01.969 --> 00:01:08.280 they yawn when um they're lowering The arousal, 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:11.019 some dogs yawn when they're raising their arousal. 00:01:11.060 --> 00:01:18.340 Some dogs yawn as a way to like focus, right? 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:22.340 So they'll like yawn and then they're like, okay, 00:01:22.379 --> 00:01:28.540 I'm dialed in. So it's the same with scratching, 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:40.670 sniffing, wandering away. Shaking. Shaking. What 00:01:40.670 --> 00:01:44.930 else? Snapping like an alligator. Zaina snaps 00:01:44.930 --> 00:01:49.650 like an alligator. Licking. Yes, lip licking. 00:01:50.409 --> 00:01:58.829 So a lot of these behaviors, right? How do we 00:01:58.829 --> 00:02:05.109 know which thing is it? What? Yeah. What we need 00:02:05.109 --> 00:02:09.289 to always do is look at what happened before 00:02:09.289 --> 00:02:17.250 and after. So, uh, very recently someone's dog 00:02:17.250 --> 00:02:21.349 was in the ring and it started scratching, right? 00:02:21.409 --> 00:02:23.990 So she turns, looks at the dog. I think it was 00:02:23.990 --> 00:02:25.870 for, it doesn't matter what exercise and the 00:02:25.870 --> 00:02:29.289 dog scratching, scratching, scratching. And so, 00:02:29.289 --> 00:02:31.949 you know, People tell me this all the time. Oh, 00:02:32.069 --> 00:02:34.610 I don't understand why my dog's so itchy. All 00:02:34.610 --> 00:02:37.430 of a sudden, your dog's not itchy, right? How 00:02:37.430 --> 00:02:40.990 do we know? Well, look at what happened before. 00:02:41.229 --> 00:02:45.449 What happened right before your dog did that? 00:02:46.320 --> 00:02:49.400 Sometimes right before the dog did it, you disconnected 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:52.699 and just like left the dog hanging. Or all of 00:02:52.699 --> 00:02:55.719 a sudden the judge moved in really close. And 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:57.840 just as the judge is getting closer and closer 00:02:57.840 --> 00:02:59.960 to the dog, the dog's like, oh God, and starts 00:02:59.960 --> 00:03:04.800 to scratch. Or this person, kudos to this person 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:06.699 for figuring this out. They're like, you know 00:03:06.699 --> 00:03:10.319 what I realized? This was the first time I did 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:13.180 one exercise and finished. And then the next 00:03:13.180 --> 00:03:16.650 exercise started in the same spot. And I've never 00:03:16.650 --> 00:03:19.530 done that before. I always finish the exercise. 00:03:19.729 --> 00:03:22.530 Then we run over to where the next exercise starts. 00:03:22.669 --> 00:03:25.090 So when the exercise finished, the dog started 00:03:25.090 --> 00:03:27.030 to like, oh, we're running over there. Right. 00:03:27.110 --> 00:03:29.969 And she's like, no, we're not sit. We're doing 00:03:29.969 --> 00:03:31.990 this exercise. And the dog's like, oh, God, I 00:03:31.990 --> 00:03:35.150 don't know what we're doing. Yeah. Right. So 00:03:35.150 --> 00:03:40.129 different. The reason that matters is because 00:03:40.129 --> 00:03:42.889 in the one case, what's the person going to do? 00:03:42.930 --> 00:03:45.900 It's going to just teach the dog. that sometimes 00:03:45.900 --> 00:03:49.300 the exercise ends and the next one starts right 00:03:49.300 --> 00:03:53.139 here, right? So that's the answer to that problem, 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:57.139 which is very different from the person whose 00:03:57.139 --> 00:04:02.520 dog started scratching because the judge moved 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:05.680 closer, right? Because that's a pressure issue. 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:08.219 That's something you need to deal with. Like 00:04:08.219 --> 00:04:10.180 you have to teach the dog, okay, the judge comes, 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:12.659 do a game. The judge comes, do a game. The judge 00:04:12.659 --> 00:04:18.649 comes, do a game. Or maybe you gave the dog the 00:04:18.649 --> 00:04:22.029 wrong cue. Right. We make mistakes. I've done 00:04:22.029 --> 00:04:25.769 that. Tell the dog the wrong thing. And the dog 00:04:25.769 --> 00:04:28.069 goes and then I walk away and the dog's like, 00:04:28.230 --> 00:04:33.089 oh, God, I don't know what. And then they just 00:04:33.089 --> 00:04:38.870 start scratching. So in all those cases. How 00:04:38.870 --> 00:04:43.209 we resolve the problem is very different based 00:04:43.209 --> 00:04:48.629 on. Why the dog did it. But the answer is there. 00:04:48.790 --> 00:04:54.269 Right. The answer is. What happened. Right before. 00:04:55.490 --> 00:05:02.170 The dog did the behavior. And sometimes. The 00:05:02.170 --> 00:05:05.930 information. After is also important. Right. 00:05:05.990 --> 00:05:12.209 So like. Zaina. Will. I'll leave her on signals. 00:05:13.069 --> 00:05:16.790 And as I'm walking away, most of the time I'll 00:05:16.790 --> 00:05:20.110 hear her go, snap, snap, snap with her jaws. 00:05:20.769 --> 00:05:24.050 Now you could go, oh God, is she stressed out? 00:05:24.149 --> 00:05:28.209 Is that why she's snapping? Well, how do I know? 00:05:28.329 --> 00:05:32.709 Well, by her response to signals, right? If she 00:05:32.709 --> 00:05:37.810 snaps and I turn, she's super focused. She will 00:05:37.810 --> 00:05:43.259 do her signals, 100 % guaranteed. If I walk away 00:05:43.259 --> 00:05:48.939 and she doesn't snap, I always go, oh, because 00:05:48.939 --> 00:05:52.420 I don't know if she's going to do them or not. 00:05:52.620 --> 00:05:57.600 Right. So for her, the snapping is something 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:01.699 she does that helps her focus. Right. Right. 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:05.720 And I know that because of what, if she snapped 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:08.160 and every time she snapped, I turned and then 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:11.500 she either froze or didn't do her signals. I 00:06:11.500 --> 00:06:14.319 would surmise that the snapping means she's concerned 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:18.319 about something, right? But because she snaps 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:22.660 and then her work is really good and consistent, 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:26.600 I can surmise that the snapping is something 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:35.000 that's productive for her. before and after. 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:40.879 This is where video is absolutely critical. Oh, 00:06:41.019 --> 00:06:46.139 we lost Lori. She's having internet issues. So 00:06:46.139 --> 00:06:50.000 we're just going to hang tight and she'll pop 00:06:50.000 --> 00:07:00.540 back up. So anyway, video is critical here because 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:06.220 Unless you are able to process all that information 00:07:06.220 --> 00:07:15.480 in that moment in time. You are. Yeah. I know 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:18.839 I told them I was going to finish. So with video, 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:23.100 because most people in that moment in time and 00:07:23.100 --> 00:07:25.180 training, there's too much going on. You can't 00:07:25.180 --> 00:07:27.500 process all the information and do all that like 00:07:27.500 --> 00:07:32.680 data analysis. Right. So. But if you don't have 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:35.459 video, you can't do the data analysis. So you 00:07:35.459 --> 00:07:39.180 need the video so you can go back in training 00:07:39.180 --> 00:07:42.699 and look at it, right? Because in training is 00:07:42.699 --> 00:07:44.779 where you're going to learn. And obviously you 00:07:44.779 --> 00:07:47.199 want to do it for trials as well. But if you 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:49.180 start doing it routinely in training, you're 00:07:49.180 --> 00:07:52.500 going to start to learn what your dog is telling 00:07:52.500 --> 00:07:57.439 you and over time apply it. So I was saying before 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:01.759 and after. Right, right, right, right. Yeah. 00:08:01.819 --> 00:08:04.800 And like one of the things I like had to learn 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:07.040 with Stormy, too, because every time I would 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:11.319 every time I would leave her like on whatever, 00:08:11.500 --> 00:08:15.600 usually after healing. Like so for signals, I'd 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:20.160 leave her. I'd walk away. I could hear her shake 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:24.149 every single time. And I'm like, oh, wow. Like, 00:08:24.149 --> 00:08:27.250 I don't know what that is. And what I learned 00:08:27.250 --> 00:08:29.990 was like with her, like healing actually makes 00:08:29.990 --> 00:08:33.950 her arousal level go up. So after I would heal 00:08:33.950 --> 00:08:36.210 her and then put her in her stand for signals, 00:08:36.269 --> 00:08:41.590 like she had to, like, it was like her way of 00:08:41.590 --> 00:08:45.210 trying to like kind of get her shit together 00:08:45.210 --> 00:08:48.090 to be able to stand there and stay there and 00:08:48.090 --> 00:08:52.490 concentrate. While I was leaving her, she was 00:08:52.490 --> 00:08:56.769 trying to bring her arousal state down. But that 00:08:56.769 --> 00:09:00.549 was like every time I would leave her, I would 00:09:00.549 --> 00:09:03.389 hear her. She actually would actually do it too. 00:09:03.470 --> 00:09:06.889 It didn't always have to be after healing. It 00:09:06.889 --> 00:09:09.830 could be other things too, like even when I was 00:09:09.830 --> 00:09:12.470 a novice and I would have to leave her whatever 00:09:12.470 --> 00:09:16.220 stationary for her recall. Even after transitioning 00:09:16.220 --> 00:09:19.460 her over, it was like she had to, you know, it 00:09:19.460 --> 00:09:23.100 was her way of trying to like, OK, OK, I got 00:09:23.100 --> 00:09:25.860 to like concentrate. I can't move, blah, blah, 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:29.600 blah. And that was just a behavior. But I had 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:31.799 to go back because I remember being like, oh, 00:09:31.820 --> 00:09:33.759 my God, she shakes every freaking time I leave 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:35.639 her. Like, why is she doing that? And then I 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:39.100 would watch video and then I would see it. It 00:09:39.100 --> 00:09:41.799 all came together. So it's arousal. They'll do 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:44.299 it. Some they'll do certain behaviors to lower 00:09:44.299 --> 00:09:48.039 their arousal. And they'll also do certain behaviors 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:54.580 to raise their arousal. Right. And what happens 00:09:54.580 --> 00:09:58.279 is as which in a way is good, like as the dog 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:02.919 learns what's coming. Right. Which is why it's 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:06.200 really important for us to be predictable and 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:09.620 give them really good information. They actually 00:10:09.620 --> 00:10:13.519 will say, oh, we're doing this exercise. Hold 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:15.940 on a second. I have to bring my arousal up for 00:10:15.940 --> 00:10:19.700 this. Or like you just perfectly, you know, give 00:10:19.700 --> 00:10:23.509 the perfect example. oh, wait, I really need 00:10:23.509 --> 00:10:26.850 to concentrate here. Let me lower my arousal 00:10:26.850 --> 00:10:30.629 so I can really focus. That's a really intelligent 00:10:30.629 --> 00:10:34.009 animal, but that's also an animal that has been 00:10:34.009 --> 00:10:37.789 trained in a very predictable way so they know 00:10:37.789 --> 00:10:41.889 what's coming, right? And so they understand 00:10:41.889 --> 00:10:44.889 like, oh, in order for me to execute this task 00:10:44.889 --> 00:10:51.769 successfully, I need to, you know, adjust. myself 00:10:51.769 --> 00:10:56.909 so that i can you know do this task right and 00:10:56.909 --> 00:10:59.929 you know it's important to learn all these things 00:10:59.929 --> 00:11:02.730 too like of why that's happening you know especially 00:11:02.730 --> 00:11:04.850 that's the beauty of the video like we talked 00:11:04.850 --> 00:11:09.990 about because then you know talking about predictability 00:11:09.990 --> 00:11:14.250 like telling the dogs like even before like knowing 00:11:14.250 --> 00:11:17.289 that my dog has to shift their arousal state 00:11:17.289 --> 00:11:22.509 from one exercise to another Then I have that 00:11:22.509 --> 00:11:25.909 ability to know that about the dog because I've 00:11:25.909 --> 00:11:28.029 learned that that's why that behavior is going 00:11:28.029 --> 00:11:32.090 on. And can I help the dog in that process of 00:11:32.090 --> 00:11:36.370 them bringing up, bringing down by handling them 00:11:36.370 --> 00:11:40.360 a certain way? Like, I'm certainly not going 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:44.299 to heal Stormy and then have her bounce to the 00:11:44.299 --> 00:11:46.919 next exercise, which may be command discrimination, 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:50.080 because that's not going to be helpful for her 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:55.429 at all. So, yeah. But first you have to know 00:11:55.429 --> 00:11:58.370 that she's doing that because it's an arousal 00:11:58.370 --> 00:12:01.129 issue. That gives you the information that then 00:12:01.129 --> 00:12:03.629 drives your training. If you don't know that 00:12:03.629 --> 00:12:06.330 information, you could be inadvertently doing 00:12:06.330 --> 00:12:08.990 the wrong thing. If you're like, oh, she's stressed, 00:12:09.009 --> 00:12:12.809 then maybe you're adding more drive and motivation 00:12:12.809 --> 00:12:16.350 into the exercise to get her more comfortable. 00:12:16.409 --> 00:12:18.629 And guess what? You're inadvertently making it 00:12:18.629 --> 00:12:23.200 worse. Yeah. And then you get. and implode in 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:28.320 the right so well the other thing is it's not 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:30.519 necessarily always going to be that obvious right 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:34.259 because someone may go well okay great but how 00:12:34.259 --> 00:12:37.879 could you tell that she was shaking because she 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:41.899 was lowering arousal so part of it is like you 00:12:41.899 --> 00:12:45.039 have to come up with be willing to come up with 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:49.059 several different possibilities And then kind 00:12:49.059 --> 00:12:52.519 of say, all right, let me see if I can. Cause 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:54.639 that's really what we're doing is we're just 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:58.340 puzzling it out. Right. It's not like you looked 00:12:58.340 --> 00:13:01.799 at the dog. You just said she shook. You did 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:05.419 not know why you didn't say she shook. And instantly 00:13:05.419 --> 00:13:08.820 I knew, of course not. Cause it's not that simple. 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:13.720 It's a matter of like being a detective deduction, 00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:18.470 right? Like, okay. Is it. Is it stress? Is it 00:13:18.470 --> 00:13:22.570 confusion? Is it arousal? Which is it? So then 00:13:22.570 --> 00:13:26.409 you have to say, okay, let me see. Oh, okay, 00:13:26.509 --> 00:13:30.289 when I heal, she really gets aroused. Maybe it's 00:13:30.289 --> 00:13:32.990 that. Okay, let me try to get her very calm. 00:13:33.509 --> 00:13:35.990 Maybe I'll do just forward, left turn, stand 00:13:35.990 --> 00:13:39.370 your dog. Oh, look, she didn't shake. Maybe it's 00:13:39.370 --> 00:13:41.750 arousal. Oh, she shook anyway. Maybe it's not 00:13:41.750 --> 00:13:46.110 arousal. Okay, is it because... Am I doing something 00:13:46.110 --> 00:13:49.549 confusing? Well, let me make sure I'm being crystal 00:13:49.549 --> 00:13:52.070 clear. I'm very consistent with everything I'm 00:13:52.070 --> 00:13:54.649 doing. So there's no confusion. So you kind of 00:13:54.649 --> 00:13:57.090 have to go through the different possibilities 00:13:57.090 --> 00:14:01.809 and rule them out sometimes. Right. Like a fair 00:14:01.809 --> 00:14:03.789 amount of the times. That's what it comes down 00:14:03.789 --> 00:14:07.730 to. Right. Right. Is like we have different hypothesis. 00:14:08.269 --> 00:14:11.889 Like it could be this, that, that or that. So 00:14:11.889 --> 00:14:13.750 that's kind of how I approach it. I'm like, OK, 00:14:13.870 --> 00:14:18.470 what could it be? And I'll write it down. I always 00:14:18.470 --> 00:14:20.570 go with confusion first because that's the easiest 00:14:20.570 --> 00:14:23.149 one to fix. And that's very exciting when it's 00:14:23.149 --> 00:14:26.110 confusion. Because you're like, oh, good. It's 00:14:26.110 --> 00:14:31.029 very easy. Right? Which is, am I being crystal 00:14:31.029 --> 00:14:34.970 clear? And let's be honest. Most of us are not. 00:14:35.210 --> 00:14:39.789 Right? Like, are my signals distinctly different 00:14:39.789 --> 00:14:42.860 one from the other? Do I know exactly what my 00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:45.419 signal is? Like if I say to you, what's your 00:14:45.419 --> 00:14:48.659 moving stand signal? And you have to take a second 00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:52.980 and go, um, guess what? Yeah. It ain't consistent. 00:14:53.480 --> 00:15:00.039 Right. Right. Right. Like, um, so you better 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:02.659 make sure it is and you know exactly what it 00:15:02.659 --> 00:15:05.139 is and you're doing it the same way every time. 00:15:05.460 --> 00:15:08.720 And it could be something incredibly subtle, 00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:15.210 like. It's so fascinating, like the absolute 00:15:15.210 --> 00:15:20.230 subtlety that the dogs read, right? So I'm doing 00:15:20.230 --> 00:15:23.009 Raleigh right now and I'm teaching my dogs like 00:15:23.009 --> 00:15:30.490 some new moves and it's 300 % me, right? So I'm 00:15:30.490 --> 00:15:35.129 like, Zaina, why is it so hard for you to learn 00:15:35.129 --> 00:15:39.700 to back up? Forget three steps. One step. Like, 00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:42.460 why can't you back up and just stay in position? 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:47.200 Like, what is wrong with you? Nothing. What is 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:51.580 wrong with me? I'm telling her to back up and 00:15:51.580 --> 00:15:54.679 turning my shoulder back. So what is she doing? 00:15:55.059 --> 00:15:58.019 Moving back because my shoulder is telling her 00:15:58.019 --> 00:16:01.889 to move back. Sorry, Zaina. Right. And I'm like, 00:16:01.950 --> 00:16:05.710 Klaus, Klaus, why aren't you close? Dumbass. 00:16:05.730 --> 00:16:10.690 Cause your shoulders back. Right. So like the 00:16:10.690 --> 00:16:14.990 tight, the most subtle things are like, um, I'm 00:16:14.990 --> 00:16:18.529 teaching them to go around to the right, whatever, 00:16:18.610 --> 00:16:22.289 whatever. Like if I just do one little thing 00:16:22.289 --> 00:16:26.909 different with my hand, all of a sudden the dog 00:16:26.909 --> 00:16:33.269 does the behavior. Yeah. Right. So, Um, that's 00:16:33.269 --> 00:16:37.909 like how alert and attentive they are and how 00:16:37.909 --> 00:16:43.830 much we have to pay attention and be aware and 00:16:43.830 --> 00:16:47.330 take responsibility. Right. Cause a lot of the 00:16:47.330 --> 00:16:51.730 time they're reacting certain ways cause we're 00:16:51.730 --> 00:17:00.169 just confusing them. Um, bottom line. And the 00:17:00.169 --> 00:17:03.070 good thing is the easiest thing to fix. Right. 00:17:03.169 --> 00:17:06.190 But like they are there. So and it depends on 00:17:06.190 --> 00:17:08.690 the dog. Some dogs are more mentally flexible 00:17:08.690 --> 00:17:13.029 than others. Right. Like I don't know if I gave 00:17:13.029 --> 00:17:16.130 this example before once, but like I was doing 00:17:16.130 --> 00:17:21.569 articles in the ring and I had to go take my 00:17:21.569 --> 00:17:24.329 article. So I go to the chair. It's like one 00:17:24.329 --> 00:17:26.930 step. Pick it up. Go to step back to her and 00:17:26.930 --> 00:17:29.960 she jumps up into a stand. right and I'm like 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:35.559 the hell was that so I leave the ring and I'm 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:38.599 like I'm like laughing to my friend I'm like 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:41.160 I don't know what the hell that was about and 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:45.440 she's like oh you did that I go I did she goes 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:49.319 yes After you picked up the article, you took 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:52.380 your hand and put your hair behind your ear. 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:54.480 And God damn it, if she wasn't right, because 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:56.680 as soon as I did that, Jaina jumped up because 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:58.099 she's like, I don't know what that means. What 00:17:58.099 --> 00:18:02.819 are you doing? Yeah, like that's how literal 00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:05.700 she is now with another dog. I could do that 00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:08.559 now with her. I couldn't prove that out. Right. 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:12.599 But she's trying so hard and she's so literal 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:15.970 in that moment. That she's like, whoa, whoa, 00:18:16.009 --> 00:18:18.109 what does that mean? I don't know what that means. 00:18:18.369 --> 00:18:20.950 Yeah. Or maybe she thought it meant, oh, wait, 00:18:21.049 --> 00:18:23.109 am I supposed to do something? And she jumped 00:18:23.109 --> 00:18:30.970 up. Right. So that's something. And God. Humans 00:18:30.970 --> 00:18:33.349 have no idea what we're doing with like hands 00:18:33.349 --> 00:18:36.470 flapping all over. Yeah. Well, that's the thing. 00:18:36.509 --> 00:18:39.529 The dogs are so freaking intuitive. They are 00:18:39.529 --> 00:18:44.140 like. They watch everything. They're so in tune 00:18:44.140 --> 00:18:46.819 to every little body movement that we're making. 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:51.480 It's crazy. And I think we forget it. We take 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:55.980 it for granted. And then at the end of the day, 00:18:56.180 --> 00:19:00.000 like it is, it's always us, you know? Like what 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:02.779 are we called? You know, one of the things with 00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:05.619 Stormy too, which we had talked about too, was 00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:10.529 like, I would leave her on things and she would 00:19:10.529 --> 00:19:14.170 like be doing like this weird head bobble thing 00:19:14.170 --> 00:19:16.589 and looking around and looking right and looking 00:19:16.589 --> 00:19:19.470 left. And I was like, oh my God, this dog, like 00:19:19.470 --> 00:19:22.549 she's, the dog gives me such beautiful attention. 00:19:22.730 --> 00:19:25.269 Like the dog could not try harder when she's 00:19:25.269 --> 00:19:27.589 like right with me all the time. But then when 00:19:27.589 --> 00:19:29.950 I was leaving her, she was swivel headed, swivel 00:19:29.950 --> 00:19:32.190 headed. And it was really just came down to like, 00:19:32.349 --> 00:19:37.710 she doesn't know where to look. like we just 00:19:37.710 --> 00:19:41.150 assume things you know but honestly like I'm 00:19:41.150 --> 00:19:43.309 like oh my god like and everybody's like well 00:19:43.309 --> 00:19:45.809 I think that she just doesn't know what she's 00:19:45.809 --> 00:19:48.910 supposed to do when you didn't know what to do 00:19:48.910 --> 00:19:52.250 where to look that's a very common thing yeah 00:19:52.250 --> 00:19:56.589 so common and I'm like and how easily is it to 00:19:56.589 --> 00:19:59.970 misconstrue that and say the dog is being distracted 00:19:59.970 --> 00:20:06.609 right but we can again deduce that Like, I'm 00:20:06.609 --> 00:20:09.829 pretty sure this was I was at your building and 00:20:09.829 --> 00:20:12.309 I saw her doing it. Well, there's nothing to 00:20:12.309 --> 00:20:17.089 look at. So she's not distracted because if I'm 00:20:17.089 --> 00:20:19.369 being objective that she's not there's nothing 00:20:19.369 --> 00:20:22.309 for her to look at. Right. So, again, this is 00:20:22.309 --> 00:20:25.710 how you come to draw the conclusion. Right. You 00:20:25.710 --> 00:20:28.690 say, oh, is she distracted? Well, she is if there's 00:20:28.690 --> 00:20:30.750 stuff to look at and she's looking at something 00:20:30.750 --> 00:20:34.009 specific. But if she's just bobbing her head 00:20:34.009 --> 00:20:36.369 around and there's nothing to look at, no, she's 00:20:36.369 --> 00:20:40.089 not looking at anything. Right. If we know that 00:20:40.089 --> 00:20:43.349 she should like typically gives you effort, then 00:20:43.349 --> 00:20:46.970 we can say, OK, it's not a lack of effort. So 00:20:46.970 --> 00:20:49.829 there's some sort of confusion. What is she confused 00:20:49.829 --> 00:20:53.250 about? Did I give her the right information consistently? 00:20:53.470 --> 00:20:56.450 Yes, I have. OK, what else is she confused about? 00:20:56.529 --> 00:20:59.029 Well, she doesn't know where to look. Right. 00:20:59.289 --> 00:21:02.359 Because. We make it clear when our dogs are in 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:04.079 front of us, look at our face. When they're on 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:05.779 heel position, look at our face. And then we 00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:08.839 walk away. And then we're just like assuming 00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:17.700 the dog looks at our hair, our back, our butt. 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:22.940 Like what is it looking at, right? I mean. I 00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:24.579 won't go down a rabbit hole with that. Like, 00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:26.380 cause I figured this out a bunch of years ago, 00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:28.359 but like, they don't know what to look at. So 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:32.200 teach, give the dog a focal point. Right. Look 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:36.400 at my hand. Oh, look, it goes away. Okay. Problem 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:39.140 solved. That's what the dog was saying. I don't 00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:40.839 know what you want. I don't know where I'm supposed 00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:45.069 to look, but it. It's not like, like you, again, 00:21:45.269 --> 00:21:48.049 it's not like the dog's head bobbles and we instantly 00:21:48.049 --> 00:21:50.589 go, oh yeah, I know what the problem is. No, 00:21:50.690 --> 00:21:55.109 you have to like gather the data. Yep. Right. 00:21:55.390 --> 00:21:58.009 Look at the environment. Look at what happened 00:21:58.009 --> 00:22:01.410 before. Look at what happened after. Get a little 00:22:01.410 --> 00:22:05.670 history on the dog and then draw some possibilities, 00:22:05.910 --> 00:22:09.549 test them out. Oh, okay. Look here. That's what 00:22:09.549 --> 00:22:14.180 it was. And then after a while. As things, you 00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:17.420 know, like as you gather more and more of these 00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:21.640 data points, it tends to get a little bit easier 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:25.079 down the road. You get to know that dog and you 00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:29.660 kind of know like, like if this dog, like with 00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:33.619 Tyler, I knew if he made a mistake or if he wasn't 00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:38.460 getting something, 300 % he was confused. Like 00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:41.759 there was no other option. Because he always 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:46.119 gave me 150 % effort. So when an instructor would 00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:48.680 say to me, oh, he's not paying attention or he's 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:53.779 not this, I'd say, nope, no, he's confused. I 00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:56.400 know he's confused because he would never do 00:22:56.400 --> 00:23:01.660 the wrong thing, right? With a dog like Zaina, 00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:07.700 huh? Different story, right? I know her now pretty 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:11.789 darn well to the point where, Half the time, 00:23:11.809 --> 00:23:14.930 more than a lot of the time, I'm looking at her 00:23:14.930 --> 00:23:17.630 and I know what she's thinking moment by moment. 00:23:18.029 --> 00:23:22.170 Because we've been together for a long time and 00:23:22.170 --> 00:23:25.829 I've worked on learning what she's saying to 00:23:25.829 --> 00:23:30.109 me for years. And then you start to see patterns 00:23:30.109 --> 00:23:32.829 and you start to put those patterns together. 00:23:33.269 --> 00:23:38.089 Right. And it doesn't hurt that she yells at 00:23:38.089 --> 00:23:41.299 me when she doesn't like something. Well, it's 00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:44.960 like, yeah. Well, it's like with every relationship, 00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:48.660 you know, like time brings you closer together. 00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:52.019 You learn more about each other and all the relationships 00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:55.740 you have with people. And, you know, like even 00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:59.259 like, like even people, like even when I'm with 00:23:59.259 --> 00:24:03.279 you, like I can look over at you in a building. 00:24:04.490 --> 00:24:08.369 We did that. I know exactly what they're thinking. 00:24:11.289 --> 00:24:16.890 Learn those behaviors and those, you know what 00:24:16.890 --> 00:24:19.309 I mean? That's just like you learn them. But 00:24:19.309 --> 00:24:22.609 the thing is, what's a little easier with not 00:24:22.609 --> 00:24:25.849 all humans, because all humans are not good communicators. 00:24:25.869 --> 00:24:28.930 So think about that, right? Like you and I, we 00:24:28.930 --> 00:24:32.700 communicate. Therefore. And we're like very straightforward, 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:35.579 right? Like there's no game playing. I'm not, 00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:38.700 I don't say one thing, but mean another, like 00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:42.089 I'm a. straight shooter. You're a straight shooter. 00:24:42.369 --> 00:24:44.250 I'm not worried about hurting your feelings. 00:24:44.390 --> 00:24:46.190 If I think you're doing something stupid, I'm 00:24:46.190 --> 00:24:47.730 going to be like, dude, what are you doing? That's 00:24:47.730 --> 00:24:49.369 so stupid. And you're going to go, I don't care 00:24:49.369 --> 00:24:51.309 if you think it's stupid. I like it. So I'm going 00:24:51.309 --> 00:24:53.710 to keep doing it. Right. So if I'm like, what 00:24:53.710 --> 00:24:56.029 are you wearing? You'd be like, I like it. And 00:24:56.029 --> 00:24:58.430 then we'd be like, okay. And we'd move on. Right. 00:24:58.529 --> 00:25:00.910 Cause we're straight shooters and we just don't 00:25:00.910 --> 00:25:04.890 care. Now try having that kind of relation. You're 00:25:04.890 --> 00:25:07.150 not going to have that same relationship with 00:25:07.150 --> 00:25:11.940 someone that says, Oh, you look really good today. 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:14.960 And they mean you look like shit. Or if I say, 00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:16.619 how are you doing? And they're like, oh, I'm 00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:18.819 great. And meanwhile, they're miserable. And 00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:20.619 then they're going, God, she can't even tell 00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:22.380 I'm miserable. What's wrong with her? Well, why 00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:24.279 don't you just tell me? Right. That's going to 00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:26.599 be a lot more complicated, that relationship. 00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:28.400 Like it's going to be a lot of work. I'm going 00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:31.259 to have to learn to read between the lines and 00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:35.079 have to put in a lot more effort that. Right. 00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:38.539 So. it's gonna it's a lot different like it's 00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:43.420 a very different relationship um you know relationship 00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:47.119 with someone that barely communicates that doesn't 00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:49.720 say how they're feeling and you have to like 00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:52.039 read between the lines you have to go oh every 00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:56.039 time he's hurt he goes out and he works on his 00:25:56.039 --> 00:26:01.000 car notice i'm using a guy right every time He's 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:05.200 mad. He goes and he plays PlayStation. And now 00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:07.940 you have to put that. That's more like a dog, 00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:11.119 right? You have to look at the evidence and go, 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:24.240 oh. That's hilarious. But, you know, just like 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:29.039 anything, all dogs are different. If you want 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:33.779 that relationship with the dog that's not a good 00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:36.160 communicator or that doesn't communicate the 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:41.920 way you communicate, it's going to be a challenge. 00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:45.000 It's going to be a lot more work. You're going 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:50.400 to need to put that work in to figure the animal 00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:54.740 out. In all fairness, in the dog's case, they're 00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:59.519 always at a disadvantage. They're always trying 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:02.579 to figure out what in the hell we want from them 00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:07.779 in this situation, in this moment. Yeah. And 00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:14.200 we're just really frustrating to them. Right. 00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:19.019 Like because we're terrible at it. So they're 00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:23.960 struggling and they're still trying. So we really 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:28.599 owe it to them to put that effort in. You know, 00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:35.299 so I'm telling my students now, like. I want 00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:40.220 you to take sessions where you are not concerned 00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:45.319 about teaching your dog behaviors, where you 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:49.119 are just going to focus on reading your dog. 00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:54.220 Right. So videotape it. Go somewhere where you 00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:58.680 typically work. do a bunch of behaviors with 00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:02.000 the dog, you know, do a bunch of whatever, but 00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:04.339 not with the goal of like, I want to improve 00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:08.160 this exercise. Just train the dog. Yeah. And 00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:11.259 while you're training the dog, challenge yourself 00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:15.400 to read the dog. Right. But you're also filming 00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:19.640 it. Then go back, look at the film and compare 00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:21.940 and go, did I read that right? Or maybe in the 00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:24.339 moment you're like, I don't know why he did just 00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:27.420 this dog just did this. Then go back and look 00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:30.359 at the video. Can I figure it out? Can I come 00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:33.599 up with some theories? Right. And then maybe 00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:36.259 you get somebody to help you. Right. Like so 00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:39.059 my students can ask me and I'll go, yeah, nice. 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:41.680 You know, I think it's this or I think it's that. 00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:48.240 Right. Confirm or deny. But at least you're trying. 00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:52.220 And if you do that consistently, you're going 00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:54.740 to eventually start coming up with the right 00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:56.140 answer. And then you're going to come up with 00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:58.180 the right answer more and more. And then over 00:28:58.180 --> 00:29:02.839 time, you're going to be able to do it in the 00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:06.980 moment. Yeah. Super fast. In training. Yeah. 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:12.839 But if you try and do that while you're training 00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:17.079 your dog, like teaching it things, you're going 00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:22.579 to fail because there's too much going on. Well, 00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:27.140 yeah, because it really is like it's so easy. 00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:30.079 It's easy. It's easier for people who have been 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:32.819 doing it long enough to be able to have that 00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:35.319 ability to read in the moment, like you just 00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:38.000 said, over time that will eventually happen. 00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:41.200 And I think that's where it's very frustrating 00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:44.359 for a lot of people who are just starting out 00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:48.720 training dogs. And, you know, everybody learns 00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:51.460 at their own pace, obviously. So it can get a 00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:54.829 little frustrating. But yeah, like. It is a learned 00:29:54.829 --> 00:29:57.490 skill. Like, that's what I would say about reading 00:29:57.490 --> 00:30:00.970 dogs. It's an entire, like, totally separate 00:30:00.970 --> 00:30:05.390 skill set you need to be able to learn to be 00:30:05.390 --> 00:30:10.049 able, I think, to be able to train dogs, you 00:30:10.049 --> 00:30:12.309 know, well or efficiently. You know, you have 00:30:12.309 --> 00:30:17.920 to be able to read dogs. 100%. well and the reason 00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:20.779 people struggle is because they're so they're 00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:23.119 thinking about too many things at once right 00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:28.960 so the other half of that is the reason I can 00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:32.720 read dogs is not because like I have this magical 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:37.049 mystical ability it's because I don't need to 00:30:37.049 --> 00:30:39.369 think about my footwork because I mastered it. 00:30:39.390 --> 00:30:42.109 Right. I don't need to think about using how 00:30:42.109 --> 00:30:44.769 to use my markers correctly, efficiently, accurately, 00:30:44.809 --> 00:30:46.970 because it's a habit. It just happens. There's 00:30:46.970 --> 00:30:50.849 no thought required. I've made that like, you 00:30:50.849 --> 00:30:55.859 know, it's subconscious. Yeah. the mid like um 00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:58.559 understanding what my criteria is like i sit 00:30:58.559 --> 00:31:01.839 down it's memorized ahead of time it's locked 00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:04.579 in my brain i know what it is therefore i recognize 00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:07.359 it i know what my strategy is how i'm going to 00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:11.559 react to it that's all clearly established in 00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:14.619 my head before i even get my dogs out to train 00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:18.420 therefore i don't need to think about it right 00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:25.009 so my handling is ironed out like I sit there 00:31:25.009 --> 00:31:28.130 I figure it out like this is going to be my signal 00:31:28.130 --> 00:31:30.730 I practice my signal a million times without 00:31:30.730 --> 00:31:33.650 the dog I make sure it's automatic there's no 00:31:33.650 --> 00:31:37.589 thought required to my signals they're the same 00:31:37.589 --> 00:31:41.450 every time so I don't need to think about it 00:31:41.450 --> 00:31:45.269 so a lot of times I think people are struggling 00:31:45.269 --> 00:31:47.930 not just to read dogs but with dog training in 00:31:47.930 --> 00:31:52.640 general is because they never take the time To 00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:57.059 master these individual foundational skills to 00:31:57.059 --> 00:32:01.000 the point where they require no thought. And 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:06.339 so now their brain is on constant like overload 00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:11.920 because it's like, oh, turn right. Stop the dog. 00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:13.819 Oh, he made a mistake. I don't know what to do. 00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:16.640 Oh, wait, this signal. Oh, wait, my hand. But 00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:21.150 it's like too much going on. It is. And I think 00:32:21.150 --> 00:32:23.650 that it's like a really good point to say that, 00:32:23.730 --> 00:32:26.450 like that these things need to be separated out 00:32:26.450 --> 00:32:29.710 and mastered because I don't think a lot of, 00:32:29.710 --> 00:32:33.430 a lot of people are really told that. And I think 00:32:33.430 --> 00:32:36.410 that that's really, it becomes very discouraging. 00:32:36.410 --> 00:32:39.109 I feel like with a lot of people, a lot of students, 00:32:39.369 --> 00:32:42.069 they get really frustrated and really discouraged 00:32:42.069 --> 00:32:44.470 and they're like hard on themselves about it. 00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:47.740 Like, I see that a lot, and I explain that to 00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:50.200 them. I'm like, no, no, no. Like, these are just 00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:53.559 all separate skill sets that need to be mastered 00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:57.480 over time and putting work into each one separately 00:32:57.480 --> 00:33:01.079 before you can really blend them all together 00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:04.019 to be efficient in all of those things that you're 00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:06.859 trying to do. That's just time and work being 00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:09.680 put in. I think people get really discouraged 00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:12.910 by that and frustrated. That they're, you know, 00:33:12.910 --> 00:33:15.450 that I hear it, you know, like, oh, I'm so bad 00:33:15.450 --> 00:33:18.930 at this. Oh, I'm a terrible dog trainer. Yeah, 00:33:19.029 --> 00:33:22.089 more and more I'm going to make them, like, you 00:33:22.089 --> 00:33:25.789 know, master individual skills, right? Like, 00:33:25.789 --> 00:33:29.890 I'm weird. I guess I'm weird because, like, I 00:33:29.890 --> 00:33:32.470 know part of the problem is people like the sexy 00:33:32.470 --> 00:33:36.150 part. They like to train their dog. But the irony 00:33:36.150 --> 00:33:40.750 is that piece is going to be so much more fun. 00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:45.460 And so much more efficient and successful if 00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:49.700 you take the time, especially, you know, like 00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:52.720 if you take the time separately. So I remember 00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:57.779 like spending countless hours mastering my footwork, 00:33:57.859 --> 00:34:00.880 like in front of my house by myself, no dog. 00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:03.779 When I was in the food store, like with the cart, 00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:06.220 I'm like, at the time we used to do heel ball, 00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:09.030 but it doesn't matter. doing my footwork, doing 00:34:09.030 --> 00:34:10.949 my footwork, doing my footwork, like going to 00:34:10.949 --> 00:34:15.150 the bathroom, right? From like walking to the 00:34:15.150 --> 00:34:17.710 bathroom, like doing my footwork, keep your legs 00:34:17.710 --> 00:34:19.829 together, brush them. This is your rhythm, left, 00:34:19.969 --> 00:34:23.530 right, left, right. Or, you know, using a metronome, 00:34:23.530 --> 00:34:28.210 like all these things, like so that I didn't 00:34:28.210 --> 00:34:31.409 have to think about it anymore. Now, like once 00:34:31.409 --> 00:34:36.230 I mastered it for the rest of my life, it's mastered. 00:34:36.989 --> 00:34:39.969 Right. Right. Um, maybe sure I get a new dog. 00:34:40.050 --> 00:34:42.449 I have to make some adjustments, but that's not 00:34:42.449 --> 00:34:46.090 that hard. Same with marking, like getting my 00:34:46.090 --> 00:34:48.650 markers clear, getting the timing, like just 00:34:48.650 --> 00:34:53.030 focus on that or focus. Like I would stand in 00:34:53.030 --> 00:34:55.250 front of the mirror and be like, this is my down 00:34:55.250 --> 00:34:57.710 signal. Okay. Look at it. This is it. Get it 00:34:57.710 --> 00:35:00.329 in my body. And then I would practice it without 00:35:00.329 --> 00:35:03.789 the dog, like over and over, like in my house, 00:35:03.829 --> 00:35:06.679 wherever. Right. This is the down. This is a 00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:10.420 sit. This is a down. So that it's so that I don't 00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:12.860 have to think about it. And it's exactly the 00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:15.480 same every time. And it's perfect. And the timing 00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:19.280 is good. Like, I know it's so well that the second 00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:22.320 I don't do it right, my brain's like, I go, oh, 00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:28.699 shit. Like, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Whereas 00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:31.099 other people, they don't even know. It's not 00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:33.670 even the same every time. Yeah. And I don't, 00:35:33.670 --> 00:35:37.769 I don't know. Yeah. Yeah. So just take the time 00:35:37.769 --> 00:35:44.210 out to do that. And then once you have it. And 00:35:44.210 --> 00:35:47.070 a lot of it you can do in your head, like with 00:35:47.070 --> 00:35:50.170 mental practice and you can do that. Like I do 00:35:50.170 --> 00:35:53.389 mental practice while driving my car, while hiking 00:35:53.389 --> 00:35:56.309 my dog, like, you know, you don't even have to. 00:35:57.230 --> 00:36:02.260 So if you invest that time, it. frees up brain 00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:05.679 space now you don't have to think about it right 00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:09.860 and now training gets a lot easier and it gets 00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:12.480 a lot less frustrating and your dog is not as 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:16.599 confused and over time you have enough things 00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:20.460 mastered now your dog yawns and I can go oh why 00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:23.920 did you just do that yeah well yeah because then 00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:26.440 you can just kind of do your like process of 00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:28.639 elimination I think people who haven't mastered 00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:31.650 the skills like that's Like I'll ask students 00:36:31.650 --> 00:36:32.929 all the time. I'll be like, well, why do you 00:36:32.929 --> 00:36:34.389 think you did that? And they'll go, I don't know, 00:36:34.389 --> 00:36:36.989 probably me because I'm not consistent. Bingo. 00:36:37.130 --> 00:36:40.469 Probably. That's probably pretty true. Yeah. 00:36:40.550 --> 00:36:43.130 So then go become consistent. Like if someone 00:36:43.130 --> 00:36:47.030 said that to me, I would go like, oh, my God, 00:36:47.250 --> 00:36:50.849 I got to get my act together. Exactly. Yeah. 00:36:51.550 --> 00:36:55.409 You know. Don't just say, oh, well, I'm not. 00:36:55.530 --> 00:36:58.329 Or if you say that, well, then you better damn 00:36:58.329 --> 00:37:00.670 well accept that your dog's not going to be consistent. 00:37:00.829 --> 00:37:03.130 And when your dog's not consistent, you better 00:37:03.130 --> 00:37:08.690 not get annoyed at your dog. That's right. That's 00:37:08.690 --> 00:37:12.769 right. And that is not fair. It's not fair. Yeah, 00:37:12.849 --> 00:37:16.769 it's not fair at all. Yeah. So we have to create 00:37:16.769 --> 00:37:21.690 these habits so that it frees us up. So that 00:37:21.690 --> 00:37:24.889 we can read the dogs and then we can have these 00:37:24.889 --> 00:37:28.909 beautiful conversations with them. Right. Like 00:37:28.909 --> 00:37:34.590 I'm in the ring and I'm like having a conversation 00:37:34.590 --> 00:37:37.929 with my dogs, like moment by moment by moment. 00:37:38.130 --> 00:37:41.389 I know what they're thinking. I can say like, 00:37:41.469 --> 00:37:45.710 you know. I go in the ring, I do rally and I'm 00:37:45.710 --> 00:37:48.429 in the middle of the run and I'm like, it's okay, 00:37:48.510 --> 00:37:50.590 Zesty. I know you're confused. Come on, you're 00:37:50.590 --> 00:37:53.190 good. It's okay. Like I can see it in his face. 00:37:53.469 --> 00:37:57.010 So then I can give him what he needs to help 00:37:57.010 --> 00:38:00.510 him out or Zaina, right? I can say, yeah, yeah, 00:38:00.510 --> 00:38:03.110 yeah. I know this is not what we normally do. 00:38:03.210 --> 00:38:06.849 It's okay. You're fine, right? You'll understand 00:38:06.849 --> 00:38:09.929 this better as we go down the road. I don't leave 00:38:09.929 --> 00:38:13.860 the ring and go, huh? That's weird. I wonder 00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:18.119 why they were like that, right? Because my brain 00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:22.500 is completely free, you know, all that other 00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:30.599 stuff. Now, the interesting thing was, and again, 00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:34.039 this shows how sensitive our dogs are, right? 00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:37.630 Like, So I did. I did rally the other day. I 00:38:37.630 --> 00:38:41.730 did my each dog. It was their last leg for rally 00:38:41.730 --> 00:38:45.130 novice. And I had studied those signs and I felt 00:38:45.130 --> 00:38:47.309 very confident. I knew the signs. There was no 00:38:47.309 --> 00:38:50.150 hesitation. And my dogs were so happy. I was 00:38:50.150 --> 00:38:52.829 like, oh, good. They figured it out. They get 00:38:52.829 --> 00:38:55.889 it now. Right. Then someone's like, you know, 00:38:55.929 --> 00:38:58.829 you can move up to advanced. I was like, I can. 00:38:59.550 --> 00:39:03.420 Of course, I wasn't prepared. Right. So, but 00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:05.800 I'm like, ah, screw it. Like, let me, what, let 00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:08.000 me move up to advanced. If I mess it up, I'm 00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:10.079 who cares. Right. Like, and I'll, we'll figure 00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:14.420 it out. But, and I did, but I had to think hard. 00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:17.380 Right. So here's this whole thinking thing I 00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:20.440 just talked about. So I'm doing the course and 00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:23.460 it's literally like half an hour. It may be an 00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:27.619 hour later than the other one. Right. And both 00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:30.840 dogs were different. And I know exactly why, 00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:35.019 because I was thinking so hard about the signs 00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:38.219 because I didn't like know all of them inside 00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:40.500 out. And I had to think about like what I was 00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:44.739 doing. And they're like, what's going on? You 00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:49.179 look different. Something is weird. Right. So 00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:52.900 sometimes when our dogs act differently, it's 00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:57.159 it's completely it's just us like we're not the 00:39:57.159 --> 00:40:00.199 same as in training, like in training. I am so 00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:03.739 clear headed and confident typically. Right. 00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:06.460 Because I typically know what I'm doing, that 00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:08.800 when I don't know what I'm doing and I'm really 00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:11.840 thinking, they're like, oh, this is weird. Right. 00:40:13.289 --> 00:40:16.369 And then they appear weird. They look like, you 00:40:16.369 --> 00:40:20.090 know, Zesty was like, oh, I don't I don't know. 00:40:20.309 --> 00:40:23.090 This is this is weird. He gets a little unsure. 00:40:23.429 --> 00:40:26.849 Right. And Zaina gets like annoyed. She's like, 00:40:26.909 --> 00:40:29.190 what are you doing? Like, I don't because she's 00:40:29.190 --> 00:40:31.210 like, dude, either you know what you're doing 00:40:31.210 --> 00:40:36.090 or I'll take over. Right. On my way. And if you 00:40:36.090 --> 00:40:38.150 don't know what you're doing, then move over. 00:40:38.369 --> 00:40:42.030 So don't don't lead me and act like you don't 00:40:42.030 --> 00:40:46.659 know what you're doing. right oh my god but I 00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:49.800 found it fascinating because like I didn't make 00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:54.900 any mistakes they they both did it right but 00:40:54.900 --> 00:41:00.000 I could tell their like their energy their they 00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:03.559 they it was it just wasn't it was different right 00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:06.480 and I and I was like oh this is so interesting 00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:11.739 like to me it's interesting yeah um right And 00:41:11.739 --> 00:41:14.380 again, it's that whole like I could have left 00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:16.579 the ring and gone, oh, I wonder why they're so 00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:19.820 sucky. Why are they so sucky? Why are they being 00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:25.860 weird? Right. And it's not them. It's it was 00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:31.719 me. So so we have to really take responsibility 00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:37.480 for that. But when dogs do behavior sniffing, 00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:42.280 not like, oh, my God. It's not the mats, people. 00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:53.239 Sorry. It's not the mats. They're displacing. 00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:59.139 Something's going on, right? For sure. Or they 00:41:59.139 --> 00:42:02.579 wander or they're going to visit the judge. Stop 00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:05.820 telling me how friendly your dog is. I don't 00:42:05.820 --> 00:42:08.920 care how friendly they are. That's not what they're 00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:12.889 doing. Right. They're worried about something. 00:42:13.030 --> 00:42:15.670 They're displacing about something. They're confused 00:42:15.670 --> 00:42:19.969 about something. You need to figure out what 00:42:19.969 --> 00:42:22.750 or there's a hole in your training. Something 00:42:22.750 --> 00:42:25.650 is happening. The dog is not like, oh, I'm so 00:42:25.650 --> 00:42:28.130 friendly that I'm just going to get up. Right. 00:42:30.090 --> 00:42:34.789 No. You know, so all these behaviors, it's not 00:42:34.789 --> 00:42:38.449 always like that obvious thing. Right. Like. 00:42:39.690 --> 00:42:43.369 like in when i did rehab like dogs are stressed 00:42:43.369 --> 00:42:46.829 they're uncomfortable they're sore something's 00:42:46.829 --> 00:42:50.110 wrong with them they have to lay down i have 00:42:50.110 --> 00:42:53.510 to manipulate them right so i would take my time 00:42:53.510 --> 00:42:55.969 but the dogs would come in and they would yawn 00:42:55.969 --> 00:43:01.230 oh you're tired it's not don't assume it's that 00:43:01.230 --> 00:43:06.769 first obvious thing no the dog is not tired stressed 00:43:06.769 --> 00:43:11.150 out It's concerned. It's worried. Right? Look 00:43:11.150 --> 00:43:15.389 at the context. Look at everything else that's 00:43:15.389 --> 00:43:20.369 going on. Don't jump to the conclusion that this 00:43:20.369 --> 00:43:23.610 is the first most obvious thing I see. Therefore, 00:43:23.750 --> 00:43:27.929 that is what is happening. Right. It's usually 00:43:27.929 --> 00:43:31.590 more complicated. But for sure, within the context 00:43:31.590 --> 00:43:35.449 of training, like I remember when Zesty was young. 00:43:36.780 --> 00:43:40.179 There were a couple of times like he was a crackhead. 00:43:40.340 --> 00:43:43.260 He would work all till he dropped out. Like he 00:43:43.260 --> 00:43:47.099 just there was no like. So I had to determine 00:43:47.099 --> 00:43:52.599 when he was mentally tired. And there were a 00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:57.059 couple of. Oh, no. Yeah. So when he got mentally 00:43:57.059 --> 00:44:02.159 tired or when he got a little bit confused. He 00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:05.519 would just like wander away and then he would 00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:12.250 come back. Right. He wasn't really leaving. He 00:44:12.250 --> 00:44:15.349 was just like he needed to process like his brain 00:44:15.349 --> 00:44:21.010 hurt. Yeah. Yeah. And I had to go, oh. So I always 00:44:21.010 --> 00:44:23.409 like as soon as my dog does something, I go, 00:44:23.469 --> 00:44:28.230 hmm. Yeah. Why? Why is that happening? Hmm. Yeah. 00:44:28.469 --> 00:44:31.429 Right. I become curious and then I let him do 00:44:31.429 --> 00:44:33.849 it and I watch and then I'm like, OK, I have 00:44:33.849 --> 00:44:38.719 to really pay attention. Right. And see what's 00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:42.920 causing that. Right. Because that's another thing 00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:45.519 we didn't mention is sometimes they're just processing. 00:44:45.539 --> 00:44:50.179 So sometimes they'll sniff or they'll move away 00:44:50.179 --> 00:44:54.420 or they'll do something weird. And they're just 00:44:54.420 --> 00:44:56.699 they just need a minute. They're like, hold on. 00:44:56.760 --> 00:45:01.280 I just have to like. Yeah. processes, right? 00:45:01.400 --> 00:45:03.440 Can you think of an example? I'm trying to think 00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:07.219 of an example. I have an example with Salty that 00:45:07.219 --> 00:45:11.320 he's been doing a little bit. And it's always 00:45:11.320 --> 00:45:14.539 a telltale sign he needs a mental break. And 00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:16.920 it always happens in healing. Like I'll be healing 00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:22.460 him and the dog, like this dog puts in 150 ,000 00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:26.739 % in his healing. So it makes it a little bit, 00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:31.510 it's... it can cause me to heal him a little 00:45:31.510 --> 00:45:33.949 longer than I probably should. Cause he just 00:45:33.949 --> 00:45:37.710 gives, gives and gives he's that dog. So I can 00:45:37.710 --> 00:45:42.030 always tell because like I'll heal, I'll be healing. 00:45:42.050 --> 00:45:46.090 And then like, I'll like do a haul or stop and 00:45:46.090 --> 00:45:52.230 he will leave me and circle around my whole body 00:45:52.230 --> 00:45:55.289 and then get back into position. Like, and it's. 00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:58.480 And like at first I'm like, what the heck is 00:45:58.480 --> 00:46:02.039 that? But I've noticed like it's always when 00:46:02.039 --> 00:46:04.739 I, all of a sudden like he needs a mental break 00:46:04.739 --> 00:46:07.880 because healing takes so much concentration and 00:46:07.880 --> 00:46:10.800 he's only a puppy. He's only 11 months old. Like, 00:46:10.800 --> 00:46:15.539 so there's times where, again, like I have to 00:46:15.539 --> 00:46:18.099 be really careful with him because he just, he 00:46:18.099 --> 00:46:20.519 pushes, he'll just keep going and going with 00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:23.750 100 % effort. But I had to watch that a little 00:46:23.750 --> 00:46:26.309 bit because he needs like, it's just, it got 00:46:26.309 --> 00:46:29.309 too hard mentally for him. So he will take a 00:46:29.309 --> 00:46:33.969 break. He'll remove himself from doing it. And 00:46:33.969 --> 00:46:36.710 it's almost like he's like, hold on, hold on. 00:46:36.750 --> 00:46:38.949 I just need to check myself. And then he comes 00:46:38.949 --> 00:46:41.449 back and he's like, okay, I can do it again. 00:46:42.699 --> 00:46:45.320 That's an example I'm seeing. And this is so, 00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:48.599 and again, this is where it's so important to 00:46:48.599 --> 00:46:52.280 figure out why the dog's doing it first. Because 00:46:52.280 --> 00:46:56.079 in the old days, we would have corrected the 00:46:56.079 --> 00:47:01.179 dog for leaving. Right. Now, is that really what 00:47:01.179 --> 00:47:04.960 you want to be doing to a dog that's just processing? 00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:07.840 No, like now you're going to put like pressure 00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:11.710 on the dog and like that. that would be the totally 00:47:11.710 --> 00:47:14.869 wrong thing to do, right? To say, hey, where 00:47:14.869 --> 00:47:18.670 are you going? Don't leave me, naughty dog. No. 00:47:19.530 --> 00:47:25.889 Oh, sorry, buddy. I went too long. My bad. Lesson 00:47:25.889 --> 00:47:28.849 learned. Next time, I'm going to stop a little 00:47:28.849 --> 00:47:33.250 bit sooner, right? Like, totally different way 00:47:33.250 --> 00:47:38.650 you would react to the dog, to that behavior. 00:47:41.380 --> 00:47:46.000 So that's why when my dog does something, I don't 00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:50.760 react immediately. I go, huh. And I figure it 00:47:50.760 --> 00:47:54.539 out first. Once I figure it out, then I come 00:47:54.539 --> 00:47:57.420 up with a strategy. But I don't do a strategy 00:47:57.420 --> 00:48:03.179 until I understand, like, why did my dog do that? 00:48:03.679 --> 00:48:08.739 Right. Because, like, I figured out even in nose 00:48:08.739 --> 00:48:12.679 work. And sometimes Dusty would be searching 00:48:12.679 --> 00:48:16.480 and then all of a sudden he just like. His nose 00:48:16.480 --> 00:48:19.159 was still down, but he's just kind of running 00:48:19.159 --> 00:48:22.000 around and it could look like he's searching, 00:48:22.079 --> 00:48:25.300 but I could tell he wasn't right. And I'd be 00:48:25.300 --> 00:48:31.139 like, why is he doing that? Right. And I was 00:48:31.139 --> 00:48:34.800 like, I don't understand. And then one day I 00:48:34.800 --> 00:48:39.809 realized, oh, when it gets. hard because this 00:48:39.809 --> 00:48:42.730 was like pretty much very early on and I didn't 00:48:42.730 --> 00:48:44.389 know what the hell I was doing and I'm sure I 00:48:44.389 --> 00:48:47.250 was setting up some searches that were too challenging 00:48:47.250 --> 00:48:52.969 and you know whatever um and all of a sudden 00:48:52.969 --> 00:48:58.670 I realized oh it's hard he can't figure it out 00:48:58.670 --> 00:49:02.809 so he's just like I'm out and it's not even like 00:49:02.809 --> 00:49:06.030 he bailed as much as he was just like overwhelmed 00:49:06.030 --> 00:49:11.360 yeah right So I was like, oh, all right. So this 00:49:11.360 --> 00:49:15.800 is really good information because it means I 00:49:15.800 --> 00:49:18.639 need to do I'm doing something wrong. I need 00:49:18.639 --> 00:49:21.619 to do something different. Right. Like I have 00:49:21.619 --> 00:49:24.260 to change what I'm doing so he can be more. And 00:49:24.260 --> 00:49:27.860 guess what? Changed it. Went away. Went away. 00:49:28.460 --> 00:49:34.639 Right. So, again, it's like observing. And then 00:49:34.639 --> 00:49:37.480 trying to figure it out. Like, why did I figure 00:49:37.480 --> 00:49:42.500 it out right away? No. Like it was weeks of me 00:49:42.500 --> 00:49:45.539 just go scratching my head. Like, but at the 00:49:45.539 --> 00:49:48.699 same time I kept scratching my head. Cause I 00:49:48.699 --> 00:49:51.659 was like, I don't, I don't have the skillset 00:49:51.659 --> 00:49:56.699 in the sports who understand. Right. So like, 00:49:56.719 --> 00:50:02.099 I need to like give myself time to figure this 00:50:02.099 --> 00:50:05.059 out. Yeah. Right. And then I don't know, something 00:50:05.059 --> 00:50:07.760 happened. I think maybe Zaina struggled on the 00:50:07.760 --> 00:50:10.480 search and then he struggled. And then I went, 00:50:10.559 --> 00:50:12.920 oh, and I like put it together. I forget. But 00:50:12.920 --> 00:50:15.539 eventually I put it together. But again, I didn't 00:50:15.539 --> 00:50:18.960 put it together right away. Right. Like it took 00:50:18.960 --> 00:50:23.039 time. But I'm OK with that. Like I'm OK with, 00:50:23.079 --> 00:50:29.320 you know. Taking the time. To figure out, like, 00:50:29.400 --> 00:50:35.199 why is my dog. doing this right and like is my 00:50:35.199 --> 00:50:38.239 and I my instructor helped me right because she 00:50:38.239 --> 00:50:41.659 knows better than me and I'd be like right now 00:50:41.659 --> 00:50:45.500 I'd go do you think he's searching or not like 00:50:45.500 --> 00:50:48.199 because I don't think he is what do you think 00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:52.159 Right. Because like she knows better than me. 00:50:52.380 --> 00:50:55.860 So getting that help from someone I trust, I 00:50:55.860 --> 00:50:58.039 wasn't just going to ask any Tom, Dick and Harry 00:50:58.039 --> 00:51:00.619 because like, you know, I have to feel confident 00:51:00.619 --> 00:51:05.219 this person knows what they're doing. But I trust 00:51:05.219 --> 00:51:08.900 her and I had to be like, you know, confirm or 00:51:08.900 --> 00:51:11.000 deny. Like, do you think I'm right or wrong? 00:51:11.059 --> 00:51:12.900 And if you think I'm wrong, great. Like, what 00:51:12.900 --> 00:51:16.239 do you think is happening? You know? Right. Right. 00:51:18.380 --> 00:51:22.599 So I think the key is it's observation. It can 00:51:22.599 --> 00:51:26.659 be multiple things. Gather data. Be patient. 00:51:26.739 --> 00:51:31.599 It may take you weeks or more to figure it out. 00:51:32.940 --> 00:51:37.860 But take the time to do it. Work on that skill 00:51:37.860 --> 00:51:42.800 separately from other things. So another nose 00:51:42.800 --> 00:51:45.900 work example is like I was trying to figure out. 00:51:46.860 --> 00:51:52.360 When, like sometimes if the area is blank, like 00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:55.039 if there's nothing, like sometimes I can't tell 00:51:55.039 --> 00:51:58.260 if Zest is just running around or if he's actually 00:51:58.260 --> 00:52:01.900 searching and there's nothing there. So I watched 00:52:01.900 --> 00:52:05.239 a webinar and a suggestion was, which was brilliant. 00:52:05.380 --> 00:52:10.480 I was like, duh, set up a search area. And I 00:52:10.480 --> 00:52:13.119 did this and put nothing in there and observe 00:52:13.119 --> 00:52:16.690 your dog. Right. And I got a camera, too, to 00:52:16.690 --> 00:52:20.530 help me. Right. And so I did that and I observed 00:52:20.530 --> 00:52:23.269 him and I just observed him. I was like, stop 00:52:23.269 --> 00:52:25.889 trying to fake. Just observe him. Just like no 00:52:25.889 --> 00:52:29.809 pressure. Just whatever. Put him away. Did a 00:52:29.809 --> 00:52:33.670 search somewhere else. And then I put a hide 00:52:33.670 --> 00:52:38.489 in that same area, went back in later with him 00:52:38.489 --> 00:52:44.300 completely different. And I'm like, oh. Now I 00:52:44.300 --> 00:52:48.420 can see the difference. So all I was working 00:52:48.420 --> 00:52:53.139 on there was me reading the dog. I was not working 00:52:53.139 --> 00:52:56.199 on training. And that's what I'm trying to get 00:52:56.199 --> 00:52:58.880 people to understand, right? Like you can't train 00:52:58.880 --> 00:53:01.539 your dog and learn to read it at the same time. 00:53:01.659 --> 00:53:05.239 You have to make a dedicated effort to do this 00:53:05.239 --> 00:53:11.179 as a separate activity. And you need to do it 00:53:11.179 --> 00:53:13.960 all the time, everywhere. I do this all the time. 00:53:14.119 --> 00:53:16.760 It doesn't have to always just be in the context 00:53:16.760 --> 00:53:19.920 of, like, doing a training session. We talk about 00:53:19.920 --> 00:53:22.420 this all the time. I'm reading my dogs all the 00:53:22.420 --> 00:53:25.559 time. Just take your dog through, like, go take 00:53:25.559 --> 00:53:30.159 your dog downtown. Like, read your dog out of 00:53:30.159 --> 00:53:34.500 the context of training, right? Look for, like... 00:53:35.309 --> 00:53:38.849 Physical behavioral signs when your dog is excited, 00:53:39.050 --> 00:53:41.010 when your dog is worried, when your dog is just 00:53:41.010 --> 00:53:43.650 distracted, like all those things that you can 00:53:43.650 --> 00:53:46.670 see them outside in their everyday pet life, 00:53:46.869 --> 00:53:50.690 you know, take your dog to the vet and sit in 00:53:50.690 --> 00:53:52.550 the waiting room. You'll see all sorts of good 00:53:52.550 --> 00:53:56.630 stuff there. Yeah. And then you're just gathering 00:53:56.630 --> 00:54:00.250 like a whole pool of data that you can refer 00:54:00.250 --> 00:54:05.420 to and that it's all going to help you. Two, 00:54:05.480 --> 00:54:08.820 like anytime you get a chance to like read other 00:54:08.820 --> 00:54:13.059 people's dogs. I do think one reason I can read 00:54:13.059 --> 00:54:18.300 dogs relatively well and very quickly is because 00:54:18.300 --> 00:54:22.519 of my history, right? So like, for example, well, 00:54:22.619 --> 00:54:25.130 A, I'm a... we've talked about this a little, 00:54:25.210 --> 00:54:28.030 I'm an observer. So like, I've always observed 00:54:28.030 --> 00:54:32.510 people. So I do observe dogs. I observe all animals. 00:54:32.590 --> 00:54:35.849 Like I find it like fascinating. Like even when 00:54:35.849 --> 00:54:38.030 I go do nose work, there are goats there. Right. 00:54:38.070 --> 00:54:40.469 And I don't know anything about goats. And I'm 00:54:40.469 --> 00:54:43.429 like, I find myself by default, like I'm not 00:54:43.429 --> 00:54:45.570 even doing it consciously. I'm like observing 00:54:45.570 --> 00:54:49.570 them. And I'm like, huh, interesting. Like they, 00:54:49.730 --> 00:54:54.010 when I have Zaina out. To potty her, they always 00:54:54.010 --> 00:54:56.269 come up. Right. They're always like they come 00:54:56.269 --> 00:54:58.730 up to the gate like, hey, they're like, hey, 00:54:58.949 --> 00:55:02.750 Zane ignores them, but they come up. I take Zesty 00:55:02.750 --> 00:55:05.349 out to potty him. He ignores them. They don't 00:55:05.349 --> 00:55:08.750 come near the gate. Hmm. Interesting. I know. 00:55:08.869 --> 00:55:13.289 Right. And so like I'm an observer. Right. So 00:55:13.289 --> 00:55:17.130 that's an important skill to have. Then I did 00:55:17.130 --> 00:55:19.869 rehab on dogs. Well, guess what? If I ain't paying 00:55:19.869 --> 00:55:24.099 attention. Yeah. teeth and my body. Right. Which 00:55:24.099 --> 00:55:29.139 is not fun. So that makes you a really good observer. 00:55:29.699 --> 00:55:34.980 But also, too, like I I do the online classes. 00:55:35.019 --> 00:55:38.480 So all I do is watch video and like as a physical 00:55:38.480 --> 00:55:41.719 therapist, I have to observe and analyze. Right. 00:55:41.800 --> 00:55:44.940 So it's this constant observation thing, taking 00:55:44.940 --> 00:55:49.179 in data, taking in data. So. If you're, you should 00:55:49.179 --> 00:55:52.440 be like, I can't help it. Like it's automatic. 00:55:52.619 --> 00:55:56.519 If I'm in a class or like my training partner 00:55:56.519 --> 00:55:59.320 is doing searches with her dog, I'm watching 00:55:59.320 --> 00:56:03.079 her dog. I'm not just daydreaming. I don't only 00:56:03.079 --> 00:56:07.300 care about my dog. I watch her dog. Her dog searches 00:56:07.300 --> 00:56:12.460 so completely different than my dog that in terms 00:56:12.460 --> 00:56:15.380 of it helping me read my dogs, it's useless. 00:56:16.030 --> 00:56:19.110 but it's still interesting. And maybe it will 00:56:19.110 --> 00:56:23.269 help me with a future dog, right? So I'm still 00:56:23.269 --> 00:56:28.570 watching her dog. I'm still watching and I analyze 00:56:28.570 --> 00:56:31.090 all my students' dogs. So I tell my students, 00:56:31.130 --> 00:56:34.750 you should be watching the other dogs. You should 00:56:34.750 --> 00:56:38.010 be analyzing those dogs. You should be listening 00:56:38.010 --> 00:56:43.199 to my feedback on those dogs. Because the more 00:56:43.199 --> 00:56:47.780 you do that, the better you get in general at 00:56:47.780 --> 00:56:50.780 reading dog behavior. And that will make you 00:56:50.780 --> 00:56:54.880 better at reading your own dog's behavior. Right. 00:56:54.920 --> 00:57:01.739 Exactly. Read all the dogs. All the time. Pay 00:57:01.739 --> 00:57:09.400 attention. Damn it. Damn it. Pay attention. Okay. 00:57:09.480 --> 00:57:12.400 Thanks, everybody. Thank you. Happy training. 00:57:12.559 --> 00:57:13.760 Bye bye.