The following quotes have been in a file on my desk for a long long time(several years). I thought I would share them. THey are all certainly food for thought.

''Life's tough.  It's even tougher if you're stupid.'' 
-- John Wayne 

"Dogs may only display some signals, but they know all signals."

"Dogs don't care how much you care until they know how much you know."

"There are only two kinds of people. Those who live their dreams and those who don't."

"Kids were not born brats."
By my friend Joel Whittenbraker

"To be successful you must be an optimist and a realist."

"Dogs have a spirit."

"Take the time it takes!!"

"It's hard to be in a bad mood if you have a smile on your face. "

"Dogs don't know how to be good until we show them "
By my friend Joel Whittenbraker

"Instead of confronting your fear, do what you feel comfortable with."

"Give a dog the time it needs to develop trust."

"Dog training is an art form that takes a life time to master."

"The training process must allow a dog to maintain it's dignity."

"Be as gentle as possible and as firm as necessary."

"The slower you train it the quicker your dog will find the way."

"The dog is never wrong."

"Your don't make him learn if you let him learn."

"The right feel and timing brings balance."

"Notice the small things and the slightest try and reward it."

"Fear is the recognition of the loss of control - it subsides when control returns - so start from where you are in control."

"Your not working on your dog, you're working on yourself."

"He knows what you know and he knows what you don't know."

"Make the wrong thing difficult and the right thing easy.

Observe - Remember - Compare

"Instead of a hard tightness try a firm softness."

"Fear is common sense in disguise"

"He knows what you know and you know he knows."

"Unconfident dogs are slow learners."

"I can fix my dogs problem in 6 days and you can screw it up in 6 minutes."