I'm finding it challenging to adjust to the much higher learning rate of a Labrador and I think that's what is behind most of my 'jump the gun' behaviour. Both Duncan and Brogan were much slower to learn behaviours but once learned they performed them very consistently and generalised quickly.
For example with distance down stays, I remember with Brogan going from doing stays of a few meters in the front garden to putting him on the sidewalk and walking halfway down the street while he waited in the space of a couple days. Carbon learns very quickly but takes very long to build up distance or duration. He also learns much better in a fairly chaotic environment - which sounds great (and it is for SD work) but a little harder to consistently set up for multiple daily training sessions.
No complaints, however. It's actually really fascinating and I'm happy that Carbon is so much different than my other boys. The whole process of me learning along with him is perfect team building, which more than any specific behaviour is the most important part of SD training.
