Nov 2, 2026 · 20 min · 9 segments
In this episode we talk about how our dog sports relationship and our everyday relationship with our dogs interact. How I feel that to get the best from our sports dog relationship. trust and teamwork…
So obviously we're talking about hoopers here and the performance of the training aspect or more likely the competing aspect of hoopers.
And can we separate our sporting partnership from our everyday relationship with our dog? So I don't believe we can.
I believe to get the best out of our dogs, we can't have two different relationships that conflict against each other.
So a completely different way of living with our dog on an everyday basis, and then a different way of training and competing with our dog.
I'm sure there's maybe other people that might disagree with me, but I think to get the absolute best out of your dog, you'd have to be on the same page for both.
So I believe that a lot of the best dogs have a lot of trust with their handler.
And we're asking them to do a lot, regardless of whether they're a sensitive dog or a more confident dog.
It's quite sensory overload on show days for a lot of dogs, regardless of their general temperament.
It does take a lot out of them.
And we're asking a lot of them on those days.
The way we live with them, I believe, can impact how much of themselves they give on that day and how much they're able to give on that day.
So a lot of it is about trust, the trust relationship we've built up with them.
And I've seen it in other aspects.
If we live a totally different life and then we're a totally different person when we're training or competing with our dog, That's not clear for our dogs.
Dogs like clarity and that gives them confidence and they like consistency.
They don't like to be tricked.
So if we're one person in everyday life and then we're another person in our sporting or training life, that can really sort of confuse a dog.
So, trust.
So obviously we're talking about hoopers here and the performance of the training aspect or more likely the competing aspect of hoopers.
And can we separate our sporting partnership from our everyday relationship with our dog? So I don't believe we can.
I believe to get the best out of our dogs, we can't have two different relationships that conflict against each other.
So a completely different way of living with our dog on an everyday basis, and then a different way of training and competing with our dog.
I'm sure there's maybe other people that might disagree with me, but I think to get the absolute best out of your dog, you'd have to be on the same page for both.
So I believe that a lot of the best dogs have a lot of trust with their handler.
And we're asking them to do a lot, regardless of whether they're a sensitive dog or a more confident dog.
It's quite sensory overload on show days for a lot of dogs, regardless of their general temperament.
It does take a lot out of them.
And we're asking a lot of them on those days.
The way we live with them, I believe, can impact how much of themselves they give on that day and how much they're able to give on that day.
So a lot of it is about trust, the trust relationship we've built up with them.
And I've seen it in other aspects.
If we live a totally different life and then we're a totally different person when we're training or competing with our dog, That's not clear for our dogs.
Dogs like clarity and that gives them confidence and they like consistency.
They don't like to be tricked.
So if we're one person in everyday life and then we're another person in our sporting or training life, that can really sort of confuse a dog.
So, trust.
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