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...strikes on him in the bottom of the fourth inning, but only managed to foul tip the ball, which deflected squarely into the rookie’s nose.Blood flowed out of O’Neill’s nose as he hit the ground, and Walsh and the Harvard trainer came out of the dugout to attend to him. O’Neill eventually left the field on his own power to a round of applause from the crowd.“The good thing was it wasn’t the teeth or the eyes,” Walsh...
...about the "inner primate." What's that? I first heard it from Gary Wilson, a teacher at the school. And he just means that we're really aware of hierarchy and rank. We don't like to be pushed around. On the flip side, we like to push around. Trainers have to really fight that urge because their relationship with their animals should always be cooperative. They're not trying to get them to do anything as a reflection of the trainer's ego or to just show that they're in charge. You really have to drop that whole...
...Another enormously popular animal trainer is "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan. How does your approach differ from his? I've watched his show a number of times, and a lot of his techniques are very similar to this. The only difference is that he puts a lot more emphasis on dominance than any of the other trainers I've worked with or followed. And these are trainers who were working with killer whales and other really big, dangerous animals. So, if they can train complicated behaviors without using dominance, it seems to me that you wouldn't need to with dogs...
Even something that ought to help--having a personal trainer--can hurt over time. Research at the University of Saskatchewan shows that while a trainer may ensure that we stick to a fitness program, our resolve melts away once the training sessions end. In these cases, we become so dependent on someone else to monitor our progress that we never develop what psychologists call the self-efficacy to follow a plan...
...self-control muscle may be strengthened and trained--sometimes beginning with exercises as simple as remembering to sit straighter or drink enough water. Specific workout plans, like scheduling a gym visit with friends, can turn a general desire to exercise into a firm commitment. Trying to do without a trainer, or at least tapering off slowly when you quit, can help you learn to be accountable only to you. We may never again have the stamina of a 2-year-old, but recapturing even a little of our early-life energy can make our later lives a whole lot healthier...