Field notes · Dog training in Angier & Raleigh, NC
Why does my dog obey at home but not outside?
Three things make a command harder: how far away you are, how long you ask him to hold it, and what else is happening around him. Raise one at a time, never all three at once.
In the trainer's words
Now we're enforcing some distance, some duration, and then also some distraction.Kelton, Head Trainer, Angier K9 Consultants
Seen with 3 dogs: Bun, Finn, Reaper
32 recorded moments, each one linked to the exact second it happens in a full training session published unedited. Trainers call this the three ds.
3:36
Someone pops out — the nervousness underneath
11:46
This is why we train in real life scenarios
4:49
Let him run first. Then work.
3:29
Down with real distraction
0:25
Proofing the Down, and the nervousness beneath
5:21
"What I want you to notice" — the down, and the wait
16:16
Why he lay down instead of finding heel
28:57
Distance and duration together
29:22
Distance, duration, distraction — all three
55:23
The runner approaches — and he downs
0:49
The plan: distance, duration, distraction — off leash
6:02
Verbal-only for the last five to eight sessions before home
19:36
Every dog tests it eventually — train for that day
27:37
A skill most people never train
7:13
A little more duration, and see
11:44
Command, duration — now add distance
19:59
Running attached as the end of obedience — so he can take more pressure without fallout
14:13
"I finally figured out a way to reward him" — you have to open him up before any reward can land
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