by Andrea Harrison | Jan 2, 2023 | accountability, Celebration, fun, gratitude, motivation, positive training, self care
What is “Freudenfreude”? I hear you asking, and I am glad you did. It’s the celebration of other people’s successes. It’s taking pleasure in supporting, lifting and encouraging others. And, while far from the only piece in success (oh so...
by Andrea Harrison | Nov 7, 2018 | Dora, failure, fear, fun, positive training, Uncategorized
So let’s look at failure – all over again. I am grateful for a fresh perspective to take me beyond agility now (thanks my fabulous wide ranging ALL THE SPORTS students for that insight). I stand behind my long standing assertion that having fun matters...
by Andrea Harrison | Oct 16, 2018 | positive training, quotations, Sally, Uncategorized
It’s not easy being positive sometimes. It’s fun, it’s makes me and my animal partners feel good but even all these years later sometimes it’s a LOT of work. Sally celebrated her 12th anniversary with us this weekend. I had started to move...
by Andrea Harrison | Apr 9, 2014 | positive training
Cheer leading is a great sport I hear.It’s entertaining.It’s athletic.It builds team comradeship and is apparently both fun and challenging. BUT it’s its own sport. There is NO NEED for cheer leading in dog sports, or horse sports. Easy to say...
by Andrea Harrison | Jun 7, 2013 | positive training
Do you yell? Go deathly quiet? Cry? Laugh and forget about it? Does your response ever upset you? Upset people around you? Upset your dog? Does it depend on how badly it goes? Is how you react creating a BIG PROBLEM? (for you, others or your dog?) Does your reaction...
by Andrea Harrison | Jan 16, 2013 | positive training
As humans we make choices every time we interact with our companion animals. A standard catch phrase of training is “every interaction is training”. That is, don’t expect your dog to sit at a door as it’s being opened if you don’t teach...
