 attention to me, even if he's kind of listening, I feel like that attention is part of the problem, like I can't get his attention. It definitely can be. I think dog owners, when they go out with their dogs, you also have to look at it from the dog's point of view, where right now when you go out and you're expecting your expectations of what you're doing out in public or in a realistic environment is for him to look at you. And then you have to take into consideration and audit everything around you to say, am I more valuable, am I more valuable? Does he have a clear understanding of what I want? And that's the question you have to ask yourself. And that's why I asked you before, is do you have a really rock solid, hey, look at me and if he doesn't, he's gonna get punished. If you don't have it, don't use it and don't apply it in reality training because it's gonna confuse him even more. Because right now he's already, he's blurring you out because he's like, hey, there's a dog. And you're like, hey, remember this kind of? Don't give them that, because it'll just disrupt that more. So, does that make sense? It does, it's partially a habit because I had a dog that I could do it. So I just, as soon as I see the same behavior, I say, 100% it's muscle memory. There's no problem with that. It's just you have to. No, I have to break it myself until these. That's all, yeah, that's all. Because then you're gonna get frustrated. You know, like what I, yep. What I do with one, like if I worked a dog here and then I went out and worked another dog in our facility, you know, in a different kennel, I can't assume that they're on the same page and I can't treat them that they are because they're not. And that's the same thing that like us as trainers have to deal with every day is we have to clean, like every 20 minutes, clean slate, clean slate, forget what we learned. It's all about what we have in front of us right now. So that's the same thing we have to do too is acknowledge and audit. Okay, this dog doesn't know what this other dog did or vice versa and you have to just, that's how you have to deal with it. And also situational too. What you learned here is not gonna be as applicable out there yet. Within practice, it will be, right? That I've noticed is I would like you to be a little bit more clear on your verbiage, right? So when you're out walking him like this, and that's why I asked you before if you had an auto-sit or not, because you were- I always kind of hope that he'll do the auto-sit and then he doesn't and so then I get rid of this command. Right, and that's the gap that makes confusion because if you're hoping something without teaching something, it's gonna be frustrating for you because he doesn't know, that's why I asked. Because if you've taught that and you've built that foundation and the fundamentals of like, hey, when I stop, you're sitting, that's great. But if you haven't taught him that but that's kind of what you wish and you want. Well, we've tried and we've gotten minimal success. Okay. You know, in some of the classes he was able to do it. Right. But it didn't carry over to the long term. Uh-huh, and I think just having the expectation and the significant difference again between execution of this is what I want you to do right now, because you know it versus practice. I think you're still in like a really good practice mode. Yeah, so here's what I wanna do. Is I wanna take him like this and I wanna just see how he is with me and I want, this is the point of view that I want you to realize what's happening of what I'm seeing, okay? So you want to just sit there and what I'm gonna do is like, this is what's gonna happen is say you're the other dog and he's paying attention to you because that's what he's gonna do with me. And I'm just gonna assume judging by what information you've told me and what information he's given that this is how this scenario is happening. So I'm you, you're the other dog. He's looking at you and so what's happening is is he's like, hey, save me, but in actuality with another dog, he's like, hey, who are you? Right? So what you're doing is you're like, boom. So now in his mind, he's going, wait a minute, what about that? What about what I'm concerned about? And I'm just like this. And then I stop, he's concerned, he starts moving and I go, whoa. And he's like, what do you want me? But there's, right? So he's conflicted because he's not, this is how you're handling him. And then forward again and he's like, okay, I'm a little confused on what's going on, right? And he's going, what do I do? Okay, so I'll end that little crap show there and show you what you should be doing to make things clearer. Okay, so what you wanna do is because he's like this, Houston, heal. Good heal. Good heal, buddy. Good. Good. Big difference, right? Cause I was giving him information that he understood, this is the first time I've ever touched him. And I was giving him really clear information of what I wanted him to do. The difference between what I was doing before to what I just did was communication. Do you understand? So that's what you're doing is you're, he's like this on something and you're not giving him clear enough communication of exactly what you want him to do. And that's confusing him. Does that make sense? So I'm gonna do that one more time. Like when he's locked on you, like you're the other dog, Houston, heal, boom, that's what we're doing. Good, I turn, he's still in a healed position. Good heal, he's going, oh, this is good. I give him a little verbal stop. He goes, now what? Do you know what I'm saying? That's what you're lacking is that relationship and that communication is a big factor in your success with anything else around him because you're not being fair, but you're not being fair because you're not, you're not wanting to be fair. You're being fair because you just don't know how to be fair. So don't take that the wrong way of you. Okay, so again, clear, clarity. And I can even do this with my body language, the same thing. There's multiple different ways you can communicate. Good, and then I stop, he goes, oh, what are we doing? Right, I take my body and I go like this, he goes, all right, we're going this way. Good, I turn this way, now here's the test, is if I cut this way, it turns with me, I stop, just like that. And he's right on me, okay? Okay, break, good job, buddy. So that's what I want you to work on because just imagine the conflict and barrier of you speaking a completely different language than what he understands. It's like, man, I really love you and I wanna know what you're saying, but I just don't. You have to give him information that he also knows. So think about it like you have all these things, all these tools that you wanna use. You got the heel, the screwdriver, the sit, the hammer, all that stuff is your tools. But you also need to move over and say, do I know how to use these things properly? Do we understand how to use all that stuff? If you can't do that, then you can't go to step two. You have to go here and go, oh, what's this? Boom, boom, heel, okay, this is what heel is, this is what sit is. And then you say like a ballerina learning the dance in compartments. Then you go to the next step, okay? Let's bridge these together. Now I know how to use the heel, I know how to use the sit. How am I gonna use those together? You're gonna go heel, sit, good, okay? So my point is, is making sure that you're practicing stuff he knows. Okay, so heel, sit. Right.