Finished day 5!!
I got the full assessment. This got me:
OLD CODE: 'You're not good enough. You never will be. All of the effort you're putting in is pointless. You might as well just stay in bed.'
NEW CODE: 'My effort converts every single time it has something tangible on the other end. I rebuilt a voice, a gait and a whole training method from nothing. Give me a real being and a real question and I do not stop until I find the answer.'
I've spent my life devoted to animals. I am a strong Christian and my faith has always been my lifeline. I have always been happy to improve the lives of those around me. I have always tackled training logically, considering emotional state, triggers, personality, and environment as barriers that can be worked with , through, or around, but NEVER as the animal BEING a problem. Yet somehow I didn't do it for myself.