Best Laid Plans

Our daily Schools and 2 day schools have really gone quite well considering the short amount of time I have been here at Warwick. I had fair more belief in my powers to have everything perfect as the wheels fell off soon after. Working here on my own, trying to run 2 properties accounts, build the infrastructure need to have training days and host schools was just a tad too much to take on. A failed septic caused the cancellation of our first 5 day school plus a few back problems made things difficult. Guess what, I am not superwoman like I thought I was. 
Time to regroup and have a much more achievable goal I think. This reminds me of training. We can have unachievable expectations on our dogs and their training. Expecting too much too soon can lead to so many behavioral problems and huge disappointments. We need to keep our expectations in check.  Oh did I add I also was trying to study to become a behaviorist as well as adding a new trials section to my online school PLUS train my own dogs. Hummm just way too much, something had to fail.
I interviewed a top trial handler and you know the biggest advice he had to give was patience and I thought is that it. Now I fully understand, we need to be patient with our training and our dogs and a also our lives. The old saying Rome was not built in a day makes more sense to me now and although I was disappointed in not achieving the impossible I am happy now to have realistic goals I can achieve and time to spend on myself and dogs. Even though I am the Instructor I still need to learn a few lessons at time.
My young dogs are getting going, not all as good as I hope but hey we have time. Luna will trial soon and hopefully Asti will begin in September. Arana will be right for next year. Candy my problem child will never trial but she has many talents I need her for. What an amazing casting girl she is.
I hope you are all training strong, remember Patience's is the Key!!!!!
Till next time
Denise
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