Week Two: Last insight...again from the dogs

Vicki mentioned that "you will GET what you pay attention to." And it's so true. This is something I learned a few years back when training my dogs, especially the reactive one (okay, they're both reactive now, which means I truly DO feel like there's more to work on with them than with my daughter sometimes!). And it's remained true through the years, when I feel like paying attention. Reprimanding does not get me far, unless I only have to reprimand once. What has WORKED, is paying attention to desirable behaviors (lying quietly when the cat is in the room, for instance, rather than going ballistic when he chases the cat -- too late them anyway).