Morning Suzanne,
Oooh I love this! It’s definitely something for life in general but also so much value in working this into training support plans for clients for sure. I especially resonate with the bit about being deeply consistent and how easily it gets flagged up when that consistency fails, I have that experience too being someone who lives a very consistent life – it’s certainly something that helps me relate to some of the dogs I work with who struggle with change, even in small ways and how using small approximations of change whenever possible can support them through that resilience conditioning that will help things affect them less intensely.
I also love the series of stages! That’s really great to remember and could certainly help both me and my clients be kinder to ourselves when we are trying to change or develop new habits and skills. I will definitely look to add this information into my ‘being your dogs best human’ course area in my group.
Thank you for sharing! 🙂
