Who Bandit is
As the trainers describe him
Reactive to people in the past, and the reason the outings exist. This is stated rather than shown: on film he reacts once to runners and is corrected.
On film
he has been very reactive in the past so we'll see how
that's why we're out here right because he has been reacting to people so that
Slow to settle at the facility and confrontational at first, so the first stretch was relationship and kennel routine rather than obedience. Gloves were worn with him 'just in case'.
On film
Wearing the gloves just in case because he has been a little weird.
literally just playing with him yeah um because all i was trying to do is like build a relationship because we he took a little longer to settle yeah um yeah and like he was like pretty like confrontational for the first like little bit
Stable, not nervy, and good under pressure. Said to camera on the first outing and repeated to the owner, with the explicit contrast that he 'has been reactive' but is not a fearful dog.
On film
is that he is a very um i think even though he was reactive um i think that uh he's now a very stable dog right like he's not fearful of random things um he's not skittish
overly um dramatic like he doesn't try to avoid pressure he just like learns from it yeah yeah he feels it and then he's like okay and he figures out what to do
Biddable and quick. The first down rep is the easiest the trainer has had in about twenty dogs; 'smart' is said in almost every session.
On film
have an easy time with it yeah that's actually um out of the last probably 20 dogs i've taught
think super super happy with that you are a smart cookie and very very biddable
Sensitive to the e-collar for obedience and much less so when aroused. The same dog 'jumps' at a 15 on a missed down and barely registers about 60 near a deer. The trainer turns that into his clearest statement of why the number means nothing on its own.
On film
that context can cause he ate a 60 for breakfast when there was a deer and when there were those other dogs and yet when I'm asking him to down and he doesn't comply a 15 makes him jump
bit of pressure right um and that was not a very high level on the e-collar so i'm like 24 he's pretty sensitive to the e-collar
Aroused by dogs rather than afraid of them: hackles up, 'stalking', and one blown let's go. The emotion is explicitly left alone; only the blown command is penalised.
On film
You're such a German Shepherd, dude. Yeah, because you saw, like I said, his fur all stood up on end and he got ramped when he saw the other dog.
A big dog who can intimidate people just by being there. This is the reason the trainer gives the owner for having a heel at all.
On film
uh in bandit situation ben is a big dog he can be intimidating for some people
Skin trouble throughout: patches of fur loss, irritation, a callus under the collar that widens although he is not pulling. It is treated with oatmeal baths and by taking the collar off between sessions. It is recorded here only because it changes the equipment.
On film
on his belly or on different parts that is because of that existing skin irritation that he's had for
it's gotten a lot wider the callus yeah on the on his neck
As the owner describes him
A dog he took over from a previous owner, who arranged meeting sessions first 'because of how he was'; by about the third of those Bandit was warming up to him. The owner's own account, and the only history of the dog's life before the program on film.
On film
she wanted to have sessions like this where i came and just met him because of how he was yeah and within like third session he was already warming up to me
He would sit for food and that was about it.
On film
the i tried to give context in the video for everybody else yeah i saw your comment your comments yeah he does sit for food but that was about it
He knows when he has done wrong.
On film
Yeah. And a lot of times, you know, he gives me a guilty face and everything.
The program, stage by stage
Intake and evaluation, off camera
Form submitted 2026-07-28; evaluation by Christian. Nothing filmed.
The owner filled in the intake form asking for a protection program, putting behaviour ahead of obedience. He named three priorities: comfort with strangers, knowing when aggression is and is not appropriate, and off-leash reliability. The form records reactivity to new people, charging at fast-moving things, no bites, prior puppy classes, and a dog that sits and comes in quiet places and downs for a lure (source: intake). Christian did the evaluation; the owner had met Christian, not Kelton, before the program. None of this is on camera.
On film
The one that came for the evaluation the initial console might have been it might have been yeah, they just been using your name
Settling in: relationship before training
About the first two to three weeks of August.
Bandit took longer than usual to settle and was confrontational in the kennel at first. The first stretch was daily kennel routine and play, with a trainer wearing gloves as a precaution. Kelton later tells the owner that this footage was deliberately just play, to build a relationship. He also describes the kennel's general method for a dog who will not let staff in: a brief spray from a hose, paired with the conditioned punisher. Bandit is linked to that only loosely (the owner or Kelton adds 'he's been trained for it before that too'). By the end of this stage the trainer calls him much eased up and willing to work. Tug is named as what he likes best.
On film
been like daily in and out kennel stuff. Him getting to know us, getting to know all the staff, and starting to like ease up.
that we use and so normally it only takes like a few days is like if they're like really like not letting us in there and acting crazy you spray them
Yeah, he's been trained for it before that too.
First outing: the sit he did not know, and the first penalty for reactingTurning point
Undated; after stage 2 and before 2026-08-28. watch (and its re-cut watch).
A 48-minute greenway walk, chosen as an easy venue, narrated to camera by Kelton. Bandit reacts once to runners and is corrected, and does not react on the next pass. Recall comes back all walk without the e-collar until one use at the very end. The e-collar is new to him, paired two or three times with 'uh-uh', and by the end the word alone speeds up a recall. The centre of the walk is the sit: an adult German Shepherd who needs leash help to sit on the word but sits at once for a raised hand, which becomes the lesson that the first thing in the chain is the cue. The leash help needed falls with each rep, and by the end he sits on the word and 'uh-uh'. Kelton also credits the kennel techs' routine-care handling with the groundwork, and predicts sit, down, heel, place, recall and safe off-leash work 'in not too much time'. It is the walk the owner later says he watched.
On film
so now he knows not to do it so the punishment will be a little more severe
here if he does it again good boy let's go come on bandit good job bandit all right so no reaction
ton of them but his clarity about it increased each time so like the first time you know like
sit okay good boy all right so that was the first time that i got to use it on the recall
First down, and the first real proofing off dogs and a deerTurning point
2026-08-28, evening (date from the uncut duplicate watch). watch (and its re-cut watch).
Same greenway, at dusk. The first down rep, with leash pressure, is the easiest first rep in about twenty dogs. After a low e-collar tap on one slow rep, the trainer reports a verbal-only down within about five reps. Later reps are slow on asphalt and quicker on grass, which becomes advice about surfaces. Proofing arrives by chance. At passing dogs Bandit's hackles go up and he blows off a let's go, earning one larger penalty (about 55 to 60). The trainer says he penalises the blown command, never the emotion. A deer gives a recall under high distraction, at a raised level he barely notices. Heel is put off because of the dark, and the session ends with a deliberately harder last down, with duration, by the truck.
On film
good boy bandit good job man that was so good verbal only down only took us like five reps
I did end up having to penalize him because I tried to redirect with the let's go and he did not take it
Note to the editors, show Bandit doing this. See how it goes. I have to recall him off the wildlife because he wants it.
Heel begins; down gets distance and duration
Between 2026-08-29 and 2026-09-03 on the best reading. watch.
A short outing with another dog, Stormy, nearby. Down is worked again with a first touch of distance and duration; one rep takes several 'eh-eh' before he completes it. Heel is started: a few steps, 'a lot to tune up', separate heel-entry reps, and by the end 'he's starting to get it'. Bandit looks at Stormy and nothing more is recorded. Mid-session status to camera: reactivity mostly gone, sit and down good, recall nice.
On film
got a few steps in, definitely a lot to tune up there
He's taking a look at Stormy, so there's a dog up here.
His sit and his down commands are both doing good. His recall is looking nice and starting
First owner lesson: two frameworks, almost no dogTurning point
2026-09-03. watch.
Kelton meets the owner for the first time. By design the lesson is about the owner, not the dog: see your dog, and learn two frameworks to put into practice later. Framework one is reinforcement and punishment: rewards including release to freedom, no treats, pressure removed the instant the criterion is met, and penalties that are clear, contingent and avoidable. Framework two is the four windows, with calm liberty as the missing one. Bandit appears for one pressure-clarified sit and one low correction for hitting the end of the leash. The owner reports the skin and the prong history, says he has only ever used vibrate, and names his priorities: the basics, doing better around people, and being able to take Bandit places. Kelton's read of Bandit (stable, not nervy, biddable) is given to the owner here in full.
On film
more rapid yeah um and so uh that's the first objective second objective is i'll teach you two
gives me a job it is this last one it is the calm Liberty window and that is the
commands obviously yeah um him doing better around people is really what i'm trying to get him to
Heel tightened, recall given urgency, reactivity checked in a park
2026-09-04 and 2026-09-08. watch, watch.
On 2026-09-04, in the heat, a play session: tug is offered and the ball wins, and heel reps are released to the ball. The e-collar is worn just in case and not used, and the long line is in the way. On 2026-09-08, a short park walk near closing time. He passes people well and ignores a dog barking loudly from a car. Down is understood but not yet first time every time. Heel follows speed changes, a stop-restart and a turn. A deliberate sidestep away from a group of eight people and a dog trips him up; he is corrected and jumps back into position, which the trainer reads as understanding. Recall is reinforced for urgency, and the last one is called 'perfection'. The trainer plans to ramp up play drive and begin defence work soon.
On film
His down is looking beautiful.
and then i'm really putting in the effort now to start well we just got barked at pretty loudly
him up which it did which is all of the people and the dog are all off to our left so i took a
have improved drastically so um i'm seeing seeing a lot of good stuff here um i'm definitely going
Second owner lesson: the owner takes the leashTurning point
2026-09-10. watch.
The neck callus has widened although he is not pulling, so the collar will come off between sessions and an ointment will be tried. The trainer demonstrates his heel standard (head and shoulders in an invisible box, match pace, stop when you stop, release with okay) and says heel is for short, functional stretches past people and through crowds. He states the working level (about 24) and a ceiling ('never higher than like a 40'). The owner then handles Bandit, with coaching: say the word before any hand signal, make the okay exciting, leave one leash bump alone but penalise bracing, never repeat the cue, and put a broken down back with a tap and no re-cue. Status as given: sit, down, recall and play no issue, heel still being fine-tuned. The owner says protection is the thing Bandit most needs. The trainer says parts have been done through play and adds one or two extra lessons for it.
On film
i'll just show you as a sample it should be right about here okay right so you can think of like his
right and i like to let them do that for the majority of the time and so his heel is not
start releasing early if you don't do what i just did there which is like i noticed yeah okay he
yeah and so probably um normally um in most of our programs we end up doing two lessons um
A quiet half-hour, probably a place hold
2026-09-15 18:42 by title, watch (29 min).
Under the owner's rule 13 this is the pattern of a long-duration place hold with a television playing, and it is recorded as that. 'Dolly' in the opening line is unidentified: a person, a dog or something on screen.
On film
Okay, so, but it's Dolly, so, you know.
Proofing walk: heel in 'phase three', a long down, and protection named for later that day
2026-09-17 13:01 by title, watch (29 min).
A walk on a public path near 'the house'. The trainer says Bandit is doing great on everything and sets out to prove his commands, clean up the heel and test recall. He lets him sniff first and tells viewers never to heel-grind, because breathing room makes faster progress than drilling. A down with distance and duration shows, in his words, a good understanding. He names the next steps: protection work, and a bigger test on Hillsborough Street in downtown Raleigh. Most of the walk is heel. He says heel needs longer continuous stretches now, good turns, and then work off leash. He uses 'good' as a duration marker and walks off to the side so Bandit has to keep his own position. Pace changes and stops bring 'eh eh' corrections, first for forging and then for lagging, which he reads as Bandit testing whether hanging back keeps the pressure off. He places all this in 'phase three' of teaching heel, where he looks for chances to trip the dog up. The payoff is release to freedom and sniffing. A long down follows, which he estimates at three or four minutes, through a bike passing and with him squatting. Bandit gets up once and goes straight back on 'ah ah' and a repeat of the cue; the trainer calls that failure the point of the exercise. He shows how to reel a flexi in slowly after a long down, so the snap-back does not feel like a correction for being released. On the way back, Bandit holds heel while a man walks past, and a side step is 'could have done a little bit better'. The trainer teaches that stopping and starting again is not a release, and says Bandit had learned to treat it as one because earlier phases rewarded stopping often. Bandit recalls past a woman and goes into a down with no guidance. The summary to camera: recall, let's go, sit and down great; Bandit respects leash pressure, does not brace, and checks back in at the end of the line. Heel was the right focus. Bandit rides home in the truck-bed crate because he is too big for the inside crates. The trainer says he will do protection work 'later today'.
On film
We're going to have a great time today. He's doing great on all his stuff.
I'm just going to run through a few commands while we're out here and prove them.
him you gotta let him sniff when you first go out don't just jump straight into like hardcore obedience never heal grind your dog
I can see he's definitely got a good understanding of the down now.
I think the next thing for him, other than doing the protection, is definitely going to be taking him for a little bit of a bigger test.
I'm going to take him to downtown Raleigh on Hillsborough Street.
Although I don't like to heel grind at all, I do need to start doing longer durations for Bandit with the heel
doing well on all the turns and then move his heel off leash.
Heel. Good. So I'm using good as a duration marker.
off to the side like that, since he knows where the position is, is a way of showing him that he's responsible for keeping himself in the right place relative to me
challenges within those teaching phases. So we're in phase three now teaching H-E-E-L, which is HEAL. And during that phase, we are actively looking for opportunities to trip him
i had him in it down for like maybe three or four minutes now um i could be wrong my sense of time
But when I told him A-H-A-H, right, and then I reiterated the command, he went right back into it.
And we had a learning opportunity when he failed in the middle, right?
he tries seeing if staying back would would keep the pressure off
Howdy, man. Good. Heel. And he did a really good thing in the heel while that guy was walking by.
the heel command and that's that if i stop right but i haven't said the release marker just because
back up was a release marker is because in the past it often correlated with being released
the woman walking by he recalled uh with that distraction there uh he went right into the down with um no reinforcement no guidance needed at all
leash pressure just fine he's staying out towards the end of it but he's not pulling on it
His sit is great. His down is great.
And I'm going to do some protection work later today.
Skills
Recall ('come')
How it was taught
Recall reps on a trail paid with release to freedom, light leash guidance for a hesitation, the conditioned punisher for slowness. The e-collar is deliberately held back from the recall for the whole first walk and used once at the end. After that, recalls are proofed with whatever the environment offers (a deer, a distraction at the end of the leash), at a level set for the context.
On film
So far, I haven't really had to use any negative reinforcement for the recall at all.
I did turn it up a little bit for that, and not surprisingly, he didn't even care about it.
His recall is looking fine.
bennett come come come okay good boy yeah so his uh his recall needed a little bit of
That was perfection.
Sit
How it was taught
The word first, then time to think, then the least help that works: a very low e-collar tap or a little leash, then a big release to freedom. The help needed falls across the reps of one walk until the word and 'uh-uh' are enough. At the first owner lesson it is the demonstration of pressure as clarification.
On film
right um so like i gave him a shot right i gave him a really fair chance right i waited
was it perfectly smooth no right but did he sit yes right so um that's why i gave him time to
example of like okay pressure can also be clarifying yeah right so if they seem
Down
How it was taught
Leash pressure into the position, release and a run. Then a wait for processing with no help. If he offers a sit, a super-low e-collar tap and leash guidance. The conditioned punisher. Grass instead of asphalt when the down is slow. Distance and duration added in the next session, and in the owner lesson the rule that a broken down is restored with the collar alone, without saying 'down' again.
On film
and you saw I increased the difficulty just slightly. I didn't give him any help. I waited
a little bit quicker on the grass so that's probably a factor there grass versus the uh the
i'm gonna start working a little distance and duration down now
with all of his commands he's down look good um i'd like to have it first time every time
bandit down and then he doesn't down right away and then i go on i don't say down again i just say ah
Heel
How it was taught
Short segments released to sniffing or to the ball, with separate entry reps. Then speed changes, stops, turns and a deliberate sidestep to test the position. Leash to show the position; e-collar only if he resists the leash. In the owner lesson the standard is defined as a box, and the strictness is left to the owner. Kept short on purpose: the trainer dislikes 'heel grinding' and says so in both lessons.
On film
He's starting to get it.
He followed me nice and tight around that second time in the corner.
His heel emotion is much better than it was.
all that stuff what that means is that i don't like to use it for long period of time right so
Let's go and leash yielding
How it was taught
A tug on the leash and 'uh-uh' for tension. No e-collar where it would not add clarity; a low tap for hitting the end of the leash; a larger penalty only when let's go is blown off at a dog. At the second lesson the distinction is made between a single bump, which is left alone, and bracing, which is not.
On film
leash pressure right and staying off of the end of the leash right so leash tension is never
yeah he's not putting pressure on leash anymore he felt it a little bit there
out by locking the leash and then just pulling back on it a little bit yeah and see if he turns
Neutral passing of people and dogs (the presenting problem)
How it was taught
No pre-emptive heel or management. Let him reach the choice point and penalise only the bad choice: lunging, barking, or blowing off a command. Looking and arousal are allowed. The e-collar ceiling used for this early on is disputed (see open questions). The owner is taught the same thing as 'lawful choices', including walking to the far side of the handler.
On film
going to cause problems right that's when I'm going to penalize it but I won't penalize just
yeah i don't say heal i just let them make a choice so what you're searching for is choice
His reactivity has gone way down.
handsome guy come on good job bandit all right he did really really good walking by those people
Markers: the conditioned punisher and the release
How it was taught
'Uh-uh' followed by low e-collar or leash pressure, mostly on the sit, plus kennel-care pairing. 'Okay' followed every time by freedom: sniffing, running, or the ball. In the second lesson the owner is told to say okay with some excitement because it doubles as a reward.
On film
word okay when i say okay now he goes he goes off running right he knows he's free
But the Conditioned Punisher was not built during the recall. It was built just now, you watched me do it, with the sit, right?
Cause then like the idea is that the okay doubles
Play (tug and ball)
How it was taught
Tug as the working relationship in the kennel stage; obedience to be folded into harder play. Later, tug offered, the ball chosen, and 'out' used on the ball.
On film
going to play harder and harder and as we play harder i'm going to start incorporating more and
Putting in some work. We're going to see if he's interested in playing some tug.
Place, protection and off-leash work
How it was taught
Not observable.
On film
and i'll also be doing some place cot work later and then we'll be um after um we've
it so parts of it have already been done through like doing the play okay um but i plan to do some
Heel
Down
Recall
Let's go and leash yielding
Neutral passing of people and dogs
Place
Protection
How the method adapted
Bandit is a reactive-to-people dog with a stable temperament, and his handlers bet the program on the second half of that description. Most of the adaptations follow from it. Pressure could be used early because he 'looks for the way out' of it. Reactivity could be punished as a choice rather than managed as a fear. The one thing that could not be treated as a plain problem to remove was the barking, because the owner had bought a protection program.
Relationship first, because he did not settle. The first recorded weeks are kennel routine and tug, with gloves on.
He was confrontational and slow to settle, and the trainer says outright that the kennel footage was just play, meant to build a relationship. Staff are expected to turn routine care into boundaries, and the first walk credits them with the groundwork.
On film
and starting to like ease up. And he's eased up a lot, and so his training is going to progress
opportunities and we take advantage of those our kennel techs are specifically
Barking at people is penalised on a walk but deliberately not stamped out, because it will be wanted in defence work with a decoy.
The owner's program is protection. The trainer frames the barking as a behaviour that belongs to a context, not a behaviour that should never happen.
On film
that goes today we don't want to completely discourage it because we do want to do some
drive right but then in a scenario like this it's contextual right so if i don't ask him for it right
Penalise the act, never the feeling. His hackles, his stare and his arousal at dogs are left alone; only a blown command, a lunge or a bark is corrected.
Taking away the bad choices is what makes room for different choices, and the trainer argues that this is how the emotion changes.
On film
let him make the choice. Like, he can be ramped. His hair can go up, right?
for the emotions to change in the first place anyway so it kind of goes like this you penalize
Low levels for obedience, higher only where arousal makes a low level meaningless. The dog's sensitivity sets the floor, and the context sets the rest.
He jumps at 15 on a missed down and does not notice a raised level near a deer. Kelton later gives the owner the same principle as a speeding fine that is too small to matter.
On film
um i'll have it set really well um i'm gonna have it on like a 15 which is low
it's not it's kind of like if they gave you a 50 cent penalty for speeding you'd be like yeah right
An adult dog with prior classes is taught sit as if the word were new, verbal first, with the least help that works.
The trainer's diagnosis is that the lure, not the word, was the cue. The cure is to put the word first and let the dog find the answer.
On film
but ideally you always make sure that the first thing in the queue is the verbal uh signal right
the least amount of information that you uh that you can at that moment and let them find the right
Heel sold to this owner as a tool for a big, intimidating dog: short, functional, used past people and through crowds, then released.
Because of his size and the owner's wish to take him everywhere, heel is framed as control that other people can see.
On film
And then also it makes it where nobody else worries about what he's doing because they can see okay
The equipment was changed to suit his neck. No prong. The collar comes off whenever he is not working, and an ointment is tried under it.
A callus widened under the collar although he was not pulling, and a vest had caused hair loss at home. The trainer had already said that a flexi, a flat collar, perhaps a long line and an e-collar are all the equipment needed.
On film
this point in my career completely unnecessary yeah um all i actually need is a flexi and flat
come here watch out yeah but i'm gonna start putting stuff on that little front part on his
The reward moved from tug to the ball when he chose the ball.
Tug was offered first on 2026-09-04, and the ball won; heel was then paid with it. The session was also cut short for heat.
On film
all right, we'll give it a couple more reps, because, uh, but it's hot out here,
What the family was told
How dogs learn: reinforcement and punishment
it can be, um, as simple as thinking of it this way. You add pressure and when you're adding that
order for the pressure to make sense to them right in order for it to be clear it has to be gone
right and that's a good way to think about like with penalties with the dog if it's clear it's
Why no treats
i feel that way with treats when i use treats all the time it's like every time i'm like oh hey bandit
ones that a lot of times people don't think of that's really powerful and it's one of the reasons
The e-collar: level by context
because like it has a hundred different levels. So it's really fine grained.
right so if you're chilling in the house nothing's going on right and you're like hey sit and he
The four windows and calm liberty
right yeah um the second paradigm is this um you can think of it as windows
your dog yeah with obedience right what would be the ideal solution you can just behave properly
tell them nothing all i do is just go tap the e-collar and then go okay right and because
Jumping on the owner only: put it on cue
thing I personally been training him is you can you can jump on me but not other
for the dog to make it easier for the dog is put the jumping on you on cue
Equipment
collar and maybe like a long line um and and an e-collar because if if the timing is right
bigger dogs they can be um if you get one of the ones so like the key is just get a flexi don't
Heel: the box, and what it is for
So, another thing about the heel is that they should match your pace, and they should stop
right because whatever you allow in that command is what he'll do
Handling: the word before the hand, an exciting okay, no bracing
um are one like you used hand motions and that's fine like if you like using hand motions hand
So like, I normally try to make the okay
hit it and then like he felt it and kind of stopped great no problem i leave that alone um but if they
Never repeat the cue; an unenforced warning is a joke
bandit down and then he doesn't down right away and then i go on i don't say down again i just say ah
you test it out and you're like all right and they say three and then like they don't do anything
Watch the videos
so i found that people who are most successful are the ones that watch as many videos as they can
honestly if you if you were dedicated and really interested in learning you could learn how to do
In the family's own words
What he wants from the program: the basics, doing better around people, and a dog he can take places. At the second lesson, protection is what he thinks Bandit needs most, and he asks how it will fit in.
On film
commands obviously yeah um him doing better around people is really what i'm trying to get him to
You plan to smash or force, uh, push the, um, protection training in there?
how's this gonna fit correctly yeah okay yeah so like because i feel like that was the thing he's
He watched the first walk. He was surprised that Bandit passed a small group on a bridge, and saw him jump at the first stimulation.
On film
past the first group perfectly fine and then that like second small pocket he did and what surprised
they do in the video i could see like he physically like he jumped the first one you did yeah oh
He came in wary of e-collars and had used only vibrate, which stopped working once a person was involved.
On film
meaningful to me right i didn't think i was grasping at the time because i don't know just
A home detail that makes the calm-liberty idea concrete: Bandit peeking into the room shut off for the cats.
On film
had a problem with the cats like bathroom was sealed off for the cats anytime you peek his
Outcomes
What the trainers reported
Verbal-only down in about five reps on its first day.
On film
verbal only down only took us like five reps
Reactivity 'mostly gone', then 'way down'.
Unnamed trainer(s), about 2026-08-29 to 09-03 and 2026-09-04
On film
So his reactivity is mostly gone.
His reactivity has gone way down.
All behaviours improved drastically; heel a huge improvement.
Unnamed trainer, 2026-09-08
On film
have improved drastically so um i'm seeing seeing a lot of good stuff here
Sit, down, recall and play no issue; heel still being fine-tuned.
The trainer to the owner, 2026-09-10
On film
fully finished yet his sit and his downer yeah i mean he's doing it like every time that's no issue
The owner picks the handling up relatively quickly.
The trainer, 2026-09-10
On film
right yeah um and then some people pick it up relatively uh quickly um you seem to be a little
Stable temperament: not nervy, not pressure-averse, biddable. A prediction of smooth obedience and safe off-leash work in public.
Kelton, to camera on the first walk and to the owner on 2026-09-03
On film
all of his commands with sit with down with heel with place with come right the recall with let's
his videos he's actually like super stable um in my personal opinion based on everything i've seen
What the footage shows
One reaction to runners, corrected, and no reaction on the next pass.
On film
all right so no reaction
The help needed for sit falls across one walk until the word and the marker are enough, and the marker starts working on a recall it was never paired with.
On film
got less until just now there was not any real physical guidance from the leash there was just
this um what happened right when i said ah ah that condition punisher um that clarified
Arousal at a passing dog, a blown let's go, one penalty, then the next let's go taken. Nonchalant with passing people on the same walk.
On film
I did end up having to penalize him because I tried to redirect with the
Yeah, very, very nonchalant for that one.
A recall off a deer he wanted to chase.
On film
the wildlife because he wants it. Bandit, come. Come. Good boy.
A dog barking loudly from a car is ignored. On a deliberately set trap near eight people and a dog, he misses the sidestep, is corrected, and goes straight back into heel.
On film
from the car and bandit didn't do anything he didn't care he just blew it off so that's good
heel um and he did not which i did not think he would and so that gave me an easy opportunity to
In front of the owner, a broken down is restored by a collar tap without the cue being repeated.
On film
got up and then i said and tapped the e-collar and he went back into a down even though i didn't say
The ideas Bandit's case runs on
- Bracing and the oppositional reflex
- Don't heel grind
- False reps: the dog reads the chain, not the word
- Food facilitates calm, it cannot create it
- Internal emotional change, not repression
- Pick the place for what it contains - life is the training ground
- Put the unwanted behaviour on cue
- Switch him on, then ask for off
- The camera is part of the method
- The four windows, and calm liberty
- The level is not a number
- The three Ds, and the variables nobody counts