Field notes · Dog training in Angier & Raleigh, NC
Should I pull my dog into position?
No. Ask for something that puts him where you want him rather than hauling him there. Holding him in place with the leash teaches nothing, and he learns to lean on it.
In the trainer's words
Ideally throughout the whole process of the walk you don't lock the leash at all - it's unlocked the whole time. If you need to manage his position relative to you, you ask him things, you tell him to do things, instead of making him do things with the leash.Kelton, Head Trainer, Angier K9 Consultants
Seen with 2 dogs: Finn, Reaper
8 recorded moments, each one linked to the exact second it happens in a full training session published unedited. Trainers call this ask him, don't make him.
3:02
Least pressure, always
15:50
Panting because he's nervous, or because that was too many commands?
15:35
Play drive, or fright? Reading which one is happening
36:34
He shouldn't be so scared of everything else
24:54
Two things to do on every walk
40:40
You don't lock the leash at all. You ask him things instead of making him do things with the leash
44:25
You didn't lock the leash up." "No, I was ready." "You let him make a choice
8:15
How you hand over a dog nobody has tested yet
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