Competition
Emotional State Trumps Training
09/04/26
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…