This week on Bitches in Season, we’re serving up a hot take you need to hear: Bitch, Don’t Skip the Basics! Yeah, we know, start lines and flatwork don’t sound as fun as international courses and tricky threadles, but here’s the truth: if you don’t nail the fundamentals, that fancy stuff is gonna fall apart real quick.

We’re dragging ourselves a little this week, spilling the tea on the cringe-worthy moments and training gaps we had to go back and patch up with our own dogs. Spoiler alert: skipping the boring stuff will come back to bite you in the ass.

So grab a drink, hit play, and let us remind you (with love and a little tough bitch energy): your future self and your dog will thank you for going back to school.