We changed our dog training checklists to focus on fulfillment

Shortly after we moved to Florida, I started doing a weekly training checklist to hold myself accountable to using our daily resources—time, Scout’s food rations, our energy, etc—for things that would truly impact our life together.

You can read all about what this checklist process initially looked like in this article!

When we started box feeding in October 2020, I stopped the checklists because all of Scout’s kibble came through the box for the first month or so. Today we still box feed on occasion, but we’ve mostly transitioned to feeding her via puzzle toys. Most exciting: We’re able to reward with play in more environments!

As the new year rolled in, I wanted to get back to a checklist of sorts. Here are all the details about how we’re approaching things a bit differently this time around.

We’ve continued to think critically about what we want our life to look like

At the end of 2020, I created a “life with Scout” one-sheeter to organize my thoughts on our windows of opportunity (whi…