Of course you can! Feel free!

Thanks for the encouragement with the news article. I guess someone agrees with you because I got a call yesterday from a television reporter who wants to interview me on the same topic.

As for simplicity, some people tolerate nuance and complexity better than others. They’re called history or philosophy majors. 🙂

So smart. And I like the emphasis on telling kids what they can do instead of what they can’t. It’s sort of like dog trainers telling us to ask her dogs for an incompatible behavior. They can’t jump if they’re already sitting.

Do you mind if I steal your idea for a future post and credit you for the inspiration?

I hadn’t thought of the retail aspect of this. Most stores have so many choices and I know that I’ve walked out more than once being confronted with too many choices, none of them just so.

Call me before you shoot again. I’ll talk you down. 🙂

When you have a young dog, “off” just becomes a reflex, doesn’t it?

I once read about a woman who taught her Irish Wolfhounds they could jump up on her as long as she was wearing pants. The knew not to do it when she was wearing a dress or a skirt.

Unfortunately, she never figured out how to teach them to distinguish between jeans and dress pants. 🙂

Congratulations on the news article! I don’t think it was a mess at all. Maybe I am biased but I thought you did a great job of outlining the class and your experience. It’s hard when you have so much information you want to convey and a limited space to do it in. Simplicity is not something that comes natural to me either.