PsyVamp
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ORIGINAL: Saltwatergirl Woo hoo! I am finally training my first slave. Any tips/pointers that anyone might have would be very much appreciated! Thanks! Slow and steady. Build up bit by bit. Constant feedback -- consider that praise may work wonders where punishment only re-enforces failure and negative thoughts. Make these two forms of feedback clearly different from each other. Work backwards -- have your end goal in mind and figure out how to get there bit by bit. Never have more rules and rituals than you can easily list off and enforce without them interfering in the necessary matters of life. Take responsibility -- explain and demonstrate what you want, repeat, practice, praise. Build in a routine to re-evaluate the slave, yourself and each other regularly especially in the first year. Do this outside of a DS dynamic and be as objective and honest as you can. Remember nothing is forever. Better to find a good positive match than simply a match. Don't be afraid or ashamed of saying "This isn't working" if it isn't for one or both of you. What she said Seriously? Don't forget the details. If you are talking service related, don't only tell the slave "to" do it, tell the slave "how" to do it. Where are the tools located needed to do the task, do you have a particular style in mind? How clean is clean? Don't set anyone up for failure, as was mentioned, positive reinforcement works much better than negative. Do you want the slave to please you because you are worth it or because he is afraid of you? Lady Jag
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Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive. . Could a blue screen of death constitute being defenestrated? ~Owner of wolf~ (one of them, anyway)
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