Field notes · Dog training in Angier & Raleigh, NC
How do I stop my dog bolting or escaping?
Handle him so that no single failure can set him loose: two lines, a backup collar under the working one, and never left somewhere he can slip away from.
In the trainer's words
Finny is a major flight risk. So he will bolt, he will try to run. So I've got his backup collar on, and I've got the e-collar in front so that it helps a little bit with the collar sliding off. ... I don't trust him to be in a pen. He's a flight risk. I think he'd get out and leave, and I'd never see him again.Kelton, Head Trainer, Angier K9 Consultants
Seen with 1 dog: Finn
7 recorded moments, each one linked to the exact second it happens in a full training session published unedited. Trainers call this the flight-risk protocol.
0:02
First time out. "He will bolt" — two lines, a backup collar, the e-collar in front
5:48
"I don't trust him to be in a pen" — with us, 24/7
0:06
Make sure he's hooked up securely to both lines
0:52
"You're double hooked" — a new place
0:18
Let me make sure you're double hooked
8:54
Cautious, since he has a flight risk in the past
2:19
Somebody ran by, off leash, and he did nothing
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