This episode went rogue. Apologies for those of you that listened to it at the end of our Grief episode - that wasn't the plan. However feedback tells us that it helped cheer some of you up after listening to the very important but rather sombre episode where we discussed grief in the herd. In this episode we answer a question from one of our valued Patreons and Podcast listeners, all about are helpers - helpful? How having help can be challenging and how it can undermine our training at times but also offer value, help and that important third eye. We chat about our default behaviours as trainers and recognise that we are always the learner too. We try not to be to hard on ourselves when those default behaviours come in and to remember that we can reset, rethink, breathe and move on. It's important to be honest about the times when we struggle, the times when we need some outside help and the times when we don't. We also discuss the importance of testing your training and that this should become the norm but again it's easy not to and to "just know" your learner knows the behaviour and you have trained it perfectly - remember the learner is always right!! Going back and re-checking the basics is vitally important, the saying if you don't use it you lose it is a there for a reason.
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