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Field notes · Dog training in Angier & Raleigh, NC

How do I get my dog to calm down and think?

Teach him that thinking is the thing that ends the pressure. If stopping and working out what was asked makes the situation easier, he starts doing it on his own.

Finn, episode 89. If you just think for a second about what I asked you to do, things get better real fast

Finn, episode 99. "He would just eat whatever the penalty was" — the frozen dog absorbs the correction

In the trainer's words

That is teaching the concept that hey, if you just think for a second about what I asked you to do and do that thing, things get better real fast.Kelton, Head Trainer, Angier K9 Consultants

Seen with 1 dog: Finn

2 recorded moments, each one linked to the exact second it happens in a full training session published unedited. Trainers call this thinking is what makes it better.

If you just think for a second about what I asked you to do, things get better real fast 25:24
Finn · episode 89

If you just think for a second about what I asked you to do, things get better real fast

"He would just eat whatever the penalty was" — the frozen dog absorbs the correction 44:46
Finn · episode 99

"He would just eat whatever the penalty was" — the frozen dog absorbs the correction

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