Generalization and the 3 R's

by Sue Ailsby
Conformation class

If you have a good solid behaviour 1 in your living room, by all means go as far as you want to, then go on to behaviour 2 in your living room, etc. BUT when you start taking it on the road, remember that "on the road" is NOT the same as "in the living room" and has to be worked up from the beginning. By the time you've worked all the focus and stacking and gaiting beginning lessons from the beginning in new places, she'll likely be working pretty fast through all the stages of each behaviour that she already knows at home, but no matter how hard she tries to convince you that she knows something you haven't worked on, you go back to the beginning every time you start in a new place.