When our dog is stressed, we often find our connection breaks.
Picture a Venn diagram where two circles, stress and connection intersect. It is here that we need to find our way back into connection and away from the dark cloud of stress.
While connection has much to do with our dog's ability to perform the behavior you have cued, stress can prevent a known behavior from being able to occur in an environment for which you cannot or do not train, like a trial.
In the episode, I discuss how you can look for this stress, how you can use class to train through it and examples of how I moved that dark stressy cloud out of my way.
Keep in mind, each team is different, for some stress-relieving behaviors before entering the ring are paramount, for others they are detrimental.
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Episode 46 - What Makes a Good Trainer & How to Be a Good Student
Episode 45 - Trapped in Inaction
Episode 44 - My Simple Pet Lab
Episode - 43 Back to Center
Episode 42 - Avoiding Trial Tribulations
Episode 41 - The Long Game
Episode 40 - Canine Conditioning
Episode 39 - The Importance of Decompression
Episode 38 - Keeping Cool 2.0
Episode 37 - Why Mindset Matters
Episode 36 - All About ISC
Episode 35 - Solutions for Ring Stress (Stressed for Success Cont.)
Bonus Episode - Steve Basson and his dog Hogan, the 2023 24" National Agility Championship winning team
Episode 34 - Sniffing for Confidence
Episode 33 - Stressed for Success
Episode 32 - The 2021 AKC Agility Invitationals
Episode 31 - Regional Differences
Episode 30 - Traveling
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