Field notes · Dog training in Angier & Raleigh, NC
Why does my dog react to how I stand?
Where you are, which way you face and whether you are looking at him all apply pressure he can feel without being touched. Dogs read people, not just equipment.
In the trainer's words
Do you feel any pressure from me right now?Kelton, Head Trainer, Angier K9 Consultants
Seen with 2 dogs: Bun, Finn
5 recorded moments, each one linked to the exact second it happens in a full training session published unedited. Trainers call this social pressure.
26:26
Do you feel any pressure from me right now?
26:52
Social pressure, continued
29:24
Combining social pressure and the collar
29:50
Pressure until the behavior, then relief, then reward
9:40
Social pressure: pulling up to him and watching what he does
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