When you go to a scent work camp or an all-day seminar, how do you get the most out of it? What stops people from fully committing to new ideas? And when you leave with a notebook full of things to try, what do you actually do with all of it?
This episode was recorded live on the last day of the Penny Scott-Fox Scent Work Camp at Galway Downs in California. I'm joined by Penny and fellow instructor Jeff McMahon. In addition to how to get the most out of an experience like this, we talk about three of the exercises from camp, what they were designed to teach, and what else people took away from the exercises.
What we talk about:
What stops people from fully committing to new ideas at camp, and why it's more complicated than just being resistant to change
The difference between going in with a competition mindset and going in with a learning mindset
Projecting onto your dog, and what it really means when you say you want your dog to have a positive experience
Breaking old habits and building new ones, and what self-awareness has to do with it
Trade expectation for appreciation
The breed genetics distance challenge, dogs off leash 70 feet from a hide, and what each breed did with that
The lesson inside the lesson, what Scot took away that had nothing to do with breed tendencies
The "What-if Game", where it came from, what it teaches, and some of the scenarios from this camp
Why nose work should probably be called nose fun
The 80 box challenge, the spiral grid pattern, and what being a teammate has to do with finding the hide
What to do with a notebook full of ideas when you get home
What lights Penny and Jeff up when they see it happen
Find Penny:
scott-foxdogtraining.com
Find Jeff McMahon:
https://k9noseworkblog.blogspot.com/
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