Field notes · Dog training in Angier & Raleigh, NC

How do I know if my dog is dangerous?

If he has never been given the chance to act, nobody knows, including you. Managing him so that nothing ever happens is not the same as knowing what he would do.

Reaper, episode 6. Nobody knows what they'll actually do unless they've actually bit somebody

Reaper, episode 11. "I wanted to see how extreme it was inside" — an hour in the house first

In the trainer's words

Most people, they’ve never given the dog a chance to try. So nobody knows what they’ll actually do unless they’ve actually bit somebody before.Kelton, Head Trainer, Angier K9 Consultants

Seen with 1 dog: Reaper

2 recorded moments, each one linked to the exact second it happens in a full training session published unedited. Trainers call this nobody knows until he has been given the chance.

Nobody knows what they'll actually do unless they've actually bit somebody 12:05
Reaper · episode 6

Nobody knows what they'll actually do unless they've actually bit somebody

"I wanted to see how extreme it was inside" — an hour in the house first 24:46
Reaper · episode 11

"I wanted to see how extreme it was inside" — an hour in the house first

Recognize your own dog in this?

Most people who call us have already been told their dog is a lost cause, or that they should manage it and hope. We train dogs in Angier, Raleigh and across the Triangle, and we take the serious aggression and reactivity cases that other programs turn down.

How it works: tell us what your dog is actually doing. We tell you honestly whether we can help, including when the answer is no. If we can, you leave with a plan and a start date.

What you get back is a dog whose world gets bigger instead of smaller.

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