A Gentle Reminder About Progress

Sometimes progress doesn’t look impressive from the outside.

Your dog still barked.

They still needed distance.

They still found the situation difficult.

But perhaps they recovered in three minutes instead of twenty.

Perhaps they turned away.

Perhaps their body softened.

Perhaps they could sniff again afterwards.

When we only measure success by whether behaviour disappears, we can miss an enormous amount of change happening underneath it.

Sometimes progress whispers.

Make sure you’re listening for it. 🩵

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