September 2026
Emotional State Trumps Training
09/04/26 Filed in: Competition
In dog sports, we obsess over precision. Clean fronts. Snappy finishes. Perfect contacts. Crisp heeling. We drill behaviors until they’re flawless in training sessions. But then comes the show ring — and suddenly the dog who performs beautifully at home looks distracted, stressed, or simply unable to execute what they “know.”
This is not a training failure.
This is an emotional state mismatch. Read More…
This is not a training failure.
This is an emotional state mismatch. Read More…