Oz - welcome to WAH alien behaviour. Your H is having his own pity party by the sounds of things.
I think that Rabbit has summarised it pretty well and the time frame of two months is what I would have said before the swelling to the alien cerebrum starts to shrink back, is about normal.
However, you should not let that put you off and you must continue your hard learned DB skills as and when you can.
I was reading something on coaching today:
Too much, too soon, too fast, too bad. People learn at different rates. You can overload people with too much 'training' too soon. In your haste to speed up a process, you might just bring it to a crashing halt!
So, how much is too much? How soon is too soon?
Learning takes time Pushing them will slow things down Don't move on until they are ready Watch how long they take to get up to 'normal' speed Coach slowly at first - expect them to 'practise' Introduce 'new tasks' Keep things logical, linking one 'coaching session' to the next Be patient Encourage them, when they are ready Use your 'training materials' wisely.
I so related this to our DB'ing and I just hope that you can see the message in there that I did too?
You have to roll up your sleeves now Oz and join Rabbit and I in our WAH mode ... I think that you have good prospects for a positive outcome but he has tightened the rope and you will have to be a bit more discerning in the way that you communicate in the next play off.
WAH 43; W 47 M 16; T 17 Cats 15 & 6 Bomb 27/05/09 ow 28/06/09
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