07/17/2024
Words of wisdom and very true one of the most important variables in behavior work is the owners mindset. If that is not 110% dialed in all the money, training, time and effort investment will lead to frustration and failure. Hard stuff for sure but it is truly the key to success that unfortunately few actually obtain.
I’ve talked about this so many times. The mechanics are the easy part, the mindset is what’s hard.
When things were a mess with myself and my own dogs 20-something years ago, it wasn’t the new tools, techniques, and training concepts that turned everything around—it was the decision I made that I would become someone different, better, less selfish, less emotionally dysfunctional—someone who would lead in a healthy fashion without apology… because my dogs needed it and deserved it.
The training tools, techniques, and concepts I learned were the byproduct of the decision I made, not the cause of it. So many go about this in reverse, and because their mindset isn’t in the right space, all the tools, training, and techniques predictably fail.
So before you invest a bunch of time and money and hope into all the exterior stuff, be sure you’ve tackled the far more elusive and difficult internal stuff.
The answers start on the inside, and only once we have a solid handle on this aspect can we actually create the external outcomes we claim in to so desperately desire.
The Good Dog Training & Rehabilitation
Bellingham, WA
New Orleans, LA
www.thegooddogway.com
