Field notes · Dog training in Angier & Raleigh, NC
My dog doesn't react to correction at all
If pressure lands and nothing changes, he may not be toughing it out. He may be too panicked to answer at all, which is a sign to stop rather than push.
In the trainer's words
When he freezes and panics like that, all of the thoughts go out the window. I'm asking him to do a thing and at first he would just eat whatever the penalty was. Whatever the e-collar was set on, he'd just eat it instead of doing anything. So it's getting him from that place where, instead of freezing, he goes "oh" - and thinks about what to do to make the pressure go away.Kelton, Head Trainer, Angier K9 Consultants
Seen with 1 dog: Finn
1 recorded moment, each one linked to the exact second it happens in a full training session published unedited. Trainers call this eating the correction.
44:46
"He would just eat whatever the penalty was" — the frozen dog absorbs the correction
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