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Welcome to a blog about my experience as a dog owner. While I intend to focus on agility, that will by no means be the only topic!

Monday, April 4, 2011

Casual or Hardcore Trainer?

WARNING: Rambling musing to follow

The other day someone said I was becoming "hardcore" about agility training.  What does that even mean?  How is it determined?  Time spent training?  Quantity doesn't equal quality.  Books read?  Probably a waste of time if you can't apply what you've learned to real life.  Training success?  That last one could mean nearly anything, depending on the dog.  A shy dog might be successful for just taking a treat from a stranger.  Enthusiasm?  Also purely subjective.

Perhaps it's just a relative measure, and the observer supplies their own criteria and baseline.

In any case, I took it as a compliment!

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