0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to Houndations. I'm your host, Tony Peterson, and today's episode is all about keeping things positive during training sessions so that you can develop your dog to a higher level.
0:16.8	Look, I know this one seems simple, but it's kind of not.
0:21.0	Positive interactions with dogs make a big difference and can really, you know, help them develop into something special.
0:26.8	But it goes so far beyond that.
0:28.9	And will foster a relationship with your dog where they actually want to please you and they look forward to training.
0:35.0	This is huge. It's so important.
0:37.1	And it's what I'm going to talk about right now.
0:45.2	My skill level as a basketball coach topped out when my daughters hit sixth grade. At that point,
0:51.2	it was time to hand the reins to someone else who was just better suited for the job.
0:55.4	I actually loved coaching, though, and it's one of the reasons, at least until that point in our lives, where my wife and I coached every team our girls were on that we could coach.
1:05.6	You learn pretty quickly in that situation what works and what doesn't as far as trying to get girls of various
1:11.3	talent levels and maturity and experience to try to change their behaviors for the better.
1:16.8	One of the things that I stumbled on that really seemed to resonate was the right kind of
1:21.3	positivity at the right time. Now with second graders like in T-ball, you almost had no choice
1:27.3	but to be extremely happy for them at all times.
1:29.7	But as the kids get a little older, that kind of changes.
1:33.0	You could work with them on a more individual level.
1:36.0	And the best way to do that was to find something they were really good at.
1:39.7	You know, maybe they were the best pitcher on the team or kind of just a natural team leader.
1:43.8	Maybe they just always had something nice to say about their teammates and were always best pitcher on the team or kind of just a natural team leader maybe they just
1:44.4	always had something nice to say about their teammates and were always cheering them on if you pointed
1:49.0	that positive thing out and made it a special thing to them you could then ask that individual
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