I had a new dog come in early this morning for phase I training. According to the handler, the dog has been sound conditioned and introduced to birds.

Now as a trainer, I can take that knowledge, accept it and move on to the next step or I can be from Missouri and have to be shown. (Missouri is the ’show me’ state). There is absolutely no question what I will do as I have journeyed down this well worn path many, many times.

Before I answer though I would like to make a point, pardoning my often times pun. Though this situation may not sound like something you would encounter it actually is similar.

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