Do you take the Bait?
I started the newest little man in my life ( Madra....Mah-Drah) in Puppy Kindgarden today and saw how motivated he was by FOOD, and I was taught to use it to distract him because they sat a very attractive black lab female beside him in class and he was very anxious to play with his new friend...
And I realized while trying to control the little man, that other people and situations can cause us to react, and almost bait us into responding to their argumentative words and feed into their negativity, give them the attention and we have to learn not to respond when such things happen...
I for one will admit that I have done so and when the trainer taught me to not reward negative behavior and I have to learn to apply that to my own life on and off the computer. Let me tell you Madra soon caught on that as soon as he sat quietly and behaved like he was supposed to it was rewarded with some pretty tasty morsels.......
Given that I have four more weeks to go with this class, I am sure there is more for me to learn :-)
Wishing you all a good day.
joan