Remember the star charts for kids?  You only add stars for good behavior and never remove any for bad behavior.How come we don't treat our dog training "star charts" with the same respect?When we are working with our challenging dogs, every setback makes us tear down the star chart and start from the beginning again. Why? And, also... stop it!What's a way to know if you're doing that? Listen to your self-talk. Anytime you hear yourself say "We were doing so well up until now...", that's you tearing down your start chart.Listen to this episode for my thoughts on this.