Into the Middle of Things: Dog Training Lessons from the Best Fiction
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Why dog trainers are like stalwart detectives, and how it all begins mid-scene. By Kristi Benson CTC Special Correspondent Photo: Anna Goroshnikova/Shutterstock A while ago, a client got in touch asking for help with the family dog . The dog was a young and lovely Golden retriever, smart as a whip and sweet as pie. The problem? He was barking. A lot. As I packed up my bag of tricks, I grabbed a few different hand-outs to make sure I had all the usual suspects covered: boredom barking? Check. Fearful barking? Check. Guarding, alarm, attention, and play? Check, check, check. My bait bag and some treats followed the hand-outs into my bag and I was off to the races. When a story begins in the middle of some action, it’s called “in medias res”, which is a Latin term meaning "into the middle of things". Have you ever read a thriller that opens with the characters sitting around a table in a tense meeting of political hotshots? Or a murder mystery starting with a car ch