Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Alpha Dogs Never Go Hungry

Chester the Alpha Dog always surprises me in his ability to be an absolute opportunist. For a dog that often moves at the pace of a sloth he knows when  to move how to move and where to move.

All of these things are linked and will only bare positive results if there is the right motivation that proceeds them. 

Chester loves his food and never ceases to lack motivation in getting it. A lot us can learn from this. How often do we as people find ourselves taking action that is lack luster, half paced or even just busy work.

Why?

This is often because we don't have the backing of what we truly want behind the action. People can lose sight of vision or even on a smaller scale the goals which they are wanting to achieve.

If like Chester you stay 100% focussed on what you want you will have enough fuel for the fire to make your actions effective and the right direction so that your efforts are not placed in the wrong things.

So put yourself in Chesters place and think what is my vision or figuritively speaking what is the food that I want.

Stay Connected and Inspired.

Copyright Jeremy Reynolds 2011

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Barking up the Wrong Tree

A lot can be learned from the waqy Chester uses his voice and in many instances how he doesn't use his voice.

Dogs and people alike communicate verbally but that isn't to say that how we use our voices effectively or for the right reasons.

Chester has learned that constant barking isn't the way to get his pack of Ruby, Coca, and Beyonce to listen. Alpha Dog's like Chester know that actions speak louder than words and in fact constant barking like overactive one way communication will evventually be ignored.

First of all Chester does not have a booming howl of a German Shepherd or the sharp yap of a Cattle dog nor the growl of an American Staffy, so he uses his voice sparingly and gets attention with every bark he makes.

Chester uses his voice to reinforce the actions he is taking which for his pack shows consistency, integrity and inteeligence.

Chester knows
"He who barks much says nothing" so when communicating he uses positive words backed with helping actions. The result of this is his words have increased value and impact on the pack.

This can be seen in effect when getting the attention of the pack when a stranger approaches the house. The pack knows to follow Chester's lead because they know he does not have empty words.

Copyright Alpha Training 2011

Monday, January 31, 2011

Fight Flight and Bite!!!

Chester hasn't always been the valient leader of the pack but like the real world had to establish his position in a cut throat environment which was both figuritively and literally dog eat dog.

I will paint a picture of the environment, and the circumstances of what Chester the Cavalier king Charles Spaniel faced in becoming the Alpha Dog.

First of all chester was at a complete environmental disadvantage.

Chester had at least three environmental factors that he was confronted with.

1. Chester was placed in an environment that he had never been before.
2. He was placed in an environment that was the existing packs home territory.
3. He was placed in a physically unconfortable location whereabouts he was in extreme hot weather and also on a balcony where fear of heights could prevail.

So what happened?
Chester Acknowledged his disadvantages  but always knew that his advantages would be more than enough to gain position and leadership.

Chester's Attitude
When placed in a positional disadvantegde like dogs we can do either of "Fight or flight" with fight being the affermative.

Chester knew this and also knew that there is much more to fighting than latching on the throat of your adversary. If it were as simple as that and as one dimensional we could call it "Fight or bite".

Chester is a fighter and contained within this Fighting mentality are many positive strength based factors.

1.Chester has has a positive attitude
2.He always recognises what resources he has, knowing that they will always outway the challenge
3.Chester never loses sight of the things that he wants. More correctly Chester never loses dight or doubts the things he knows he can and will attain.

These mental factors were already apparent but produced fruit or evidence when dealing with his introduction to the pack.

Stay tuned to see how Chester rose to the top and became Alpha Dog.

Copyright Jeremy Reynolds 2011

Friday, January 28, 2011

Barks Bites and Belief: Fright in the dog and Fight in the dog

Barks Bites and Belief: Fright in the dog and Fight in the dog: "As previously introduced Chester the dog has qualities that we can all learn from to help our lives be more fruitful and happier. Chester h..."

Fright in the dog and Fight in the dog

As previously introduced Chester the dog has qualities that we can all learn from to help our lives be more fruitful and happier.

Chester has cemented himself as leader of the pack of dogs who physically have the qualities to overpower him and logically place his rank at the bottom of the pack hierarchy. Chesters pack involves a red healer (Australian Cattle Dog), a German shepherd and an American Staffy.

How does Chester lead a pack that could literally eat him alive?

Chester is very self aware as far as his physical qualities go but with that said he does not let the fear of what the larger dogs could do affect what what he wishes to achieve.

This can be simplified by "the amount of fright in the dog will always limit the amount of fight in the dog".

Now Chester asserts this lack of fear with a calm controlled demeanor that is void of aggression. Chester does assert his dominance when required through strategic action but not as an act of aggression that is the fruit of fear.

These principals are seen through animals but rightly so for people too.

Is your fear causing you to limit yourself, to react inappropriately or allow yourself to not see who you really are?

Are people limiting you because you are limiting yourself?

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As a Social Media Expert, Entrepeneur, personal and professional development expert I am always amazed at what I Have learned, and been awakened to when viewing the actions and relationships of my dogs.

I would like to introduce Chester an eight year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. As a podgy 15 kilogram or lets say 32 lb dog he has the self belief, attitude and social intellect which young and old could learn from to be happy, confident and results driven high performer.

Thought of the day "its not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog"

To understand this concept one must come to grips with

"amount of fight in the dog will always be limited to by the amount of fright in the dog"

Stay tuned for me to show you how Chester and his friends emulates these concept