For me, though, not Inara! I've been told by a few people (on separate occasions), whose opinions I all greatly respect, that I could be a great dog handler if I could get some confidence. It's not that I'm fearful - I'm not: I was at a doggy play group Tuesday night and a GREAT snark broke out with the potential to go very poorly; everybody else stepped back, not sure what to do and I just waded in and grabbed the aggressor (she had a harness on for cripes sake, there wasn't much danger!) and pulled her out of the fray. I just have a tendency to doubt my handling abilities, or Inara's skills.
I know I shouldn't - we did fantastic at this year's DSO, and we've been doing amazingly well in our obedience stuff. But I can't stop myself from thinking, "well, I shouldn't even ask her to try this yet because she won't." And you know what, she will. But that doubt holds us back.
So how do I get the same confidence in my abilities that others seem to think I can have?