By Carol Mount

How many times at a training class or trial have your heard mumblings, groans, and exclamations about something on course? I admit that as a student, I've been guilty of mumbling and complaining! But do you realize what the grumbling really means? Those verbal protests mean we are being presented with a challenge that’s out of our "comfort zone." We are looking at a sequence and we don't know how to handle it or how the dog will respond, so our anxiety rises. So what do you do after you’re finishing complaining?