We in the retriever world would call all of the distractions that you outlined as "factors." I Think o factors as essentially anything with a coercive nature, be it a distraction, or a crosswind Ina water retreive that blows the dog offline. A good part of teaching a dog to fight factors is exposure, and since dogs don't generalize there learnins' too well, there really isn't ANY replacement for a high number of exposures. So I follow you. I dot take any issue with the length of your reply, but I am curious about how / when you establish "accountability" in the dog? That's fairly general and here's a specific. How do you handle it when the dog scarfs the food, rather than leave it alone and point out the dope? Also- you address some of the passive distractions , but what about adversity?
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