Field notes · Dog training in Angier & Raleigh, NC
Why does my dog only listen when I'm pulling the leash?
Your dog learns from the moment the pressure stops, not from the pressure itself. If nothing eases when he gets it right, nothing tells him he was right.
In the trainer's words
I put pressure until they do the thing, then all the pressure is relieved and I reward them.Kelton, Head Trainer, Angier K9 Consultants
Seen with 6 dogs: Bun, Kane, Kodak, Beo, Finn, Reaper
86 recorded moments, each one linked to the exact second it happens in a full training session published unedited. Trainers call this pressure, release, reward.
14:16
Show the motion, then mark it with the word
14:41
The obligation moves from leash to collar
15:04
The goal is to stop needing it
15:31
You're going to learn it. It's going to be fine.
17:41
He bites at the pressure instead of solving it
22:47
The actual rule list
30:14
Hard stare, snapping, lunging — who he was
30:41
The trainer not being afraid is part of the method
32:47
You don't have to be afraid
12:00
Another rep, still physical
24:38
What he actually learned: lure, pressure, point
25:01
Verbal fluency requires letting him struggle
42:38
The collar twice — a smaller reaction than before
15:05
Confidence comes from competence
15:31
Pressure he doesn't know what to do with
21:34
Negative reinforcement, defined by its user
21:59
Pressure, release, reward — the whole loop
34:21
A down between the stairs
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