08/11/2026
ššš We All Learn Differently ā And None of Us Know Everything
Something Iāve been thinking about lately is how differently we all learn.
Some people learn by reading. Some learn by watching. Some need to have something explained three different ways before it clicks. Some people learn quickly, while others need time to process information and come back to it later.
And honestly? Thatās okay.
Iāve been breeding, researching, studying genetics, and having conversations with other breeders for many yearsāand I still donāt have all the answers.
Iāve had my own pathways crossed. Iāve believed something that later turned out to be incomplete or incorrect. Iāve learned new information that made me go, āWaitā¦ I need to rethink this.ā And Iāve had conversations with people who approached a subject differently than I did and taught me something I genuinely needed to hear.
That isnāt failure.
That is learning.
I think one of the most important things we can do as breeders is remain willing to have discussionsāeven when those discussions challenge something we thought we already understood.
Being open to discussion doesn't mean you have to immediately agree with someone. It means you're willing to listen, ask questions, look at the evidence, and think critically before deciding what you believe.
Because genetics, husbandry, health, temperament, and breeding ethics are not subjects where we should stop learning simply because we have been doing something a certain way for years.
And this is where I think responsibility comes in.
Itās one thing to not know something.
Itās another thing to learn something important and then intentionally ignore it because changing your practices would be inconvenient, uncomfortable, or require admitting that you may have been wrong.
None of us should be expected to know everything.
But once we have access to better information, we have a responsibility to consider it.
That doesn't mean every new claim is automatically true. It means we investigate. We question. We discuss. We research. We compare information. And when the evidence tells us that something needs to change, we have the humility to change with it.
I don't want to be the breeder who says, āI've always done it this way, so I'm right.ā
I want to be the breeder who can say, āThis is what I currently understandāand I'm still willing to learn.ā
Because the goal shouldn't be to prove that we're the smartest person in the room.
The goal should be to become better breeders.
And sometimes, becoming a better breeder means admitting:
āI didn't know.ā
āI was wrong.ā
āI need to learn more.ā
And there is absolutely nothing shameful about any of those statements.
The only real failure is refusing to learn when you have the opportunity to do better. š¤
