Scout’s training timeline: Looking back at five years

Because I feel like reminiscing today.

Buckle in for a lengthy bulleted list! This main takeaway here is that our first few years felt like nonstop active, focused training… and our last few have been mostly reaping those benefits (and refining things I initially messed up).

If you want to read some better written reflections in paragraph form: This post talks about the biggest changes in my training philosophy over time and this one talks about what I’d do differently if I could adopt my cattle dog all over again.