Daisy Peel

So I see a fair amount of that where a lack of clarity because everything is getting rewarded even though clearly not everything should have been.

I see quite a bit of that typically.

And it's not just Border Collies.

Any dog that is a working bred dog that really thrives off of clarity, they seem to really suffer when the handler is in an effort to make everything fun, rewarding everything, then it's just not clear.

know the the dog drops a bar and the handler says good job the dog keeps the bar up and the handler says nothing so they get confused and then they kind of check out and that i see that a lot with um you'll see with border collies but then you'll also see it with dogs like weimaraners who are quite a few of those in agility they're working bred dog you know they want clarity they're serious dogs vishla

Any behavior, well, any behavior that requires training really.

So in the, in agility, it's going to be any behavior where handler motion does not tell the dog what to do.

So for example, a sit stay, the handler is going to walk away, but the dog is not to follow that motion.

or stopping at the end of a contact, even if, which looks like fundamental stuff, right?

It's fundamental stuff, but, but remember in agility, most people are not getting into it because they want to be a dog trainer.

And most people are not coming to the sport with much, if any, dog training experience.

It looks like a lot of fun, and it is.

The dogs look like they're having a blast, and they are.

And it's pretty accessible.

And again, the dog is going nuts and jumping on things, and someone says, you should do agility.

So they get into it.

to have a good time.

They didn't, a lot of people don't expect to have to be a trainer and you know, if you're busy and you've got kids and you've got a full time job and you have decision fatigue, the last thing you want to do is make a bunch of decisions about do I reward?

Do I not reward?

What do I do on my next rep?