Who Brody is
As the trainers describe him
Quick, playful and smart: fast after the toy, not fooled by a fake throw, and expected to pick up heel and a pressure-free down 'very quickly'.
On film
You're fast Brody!
there it goes you don't know where it's going oh oh he's too smart he figured out where it was
boy, so he'll very quickly figure out, good, that he just needs to stay by my side
Soft to leash pressure.
On film
And this good leash yielding, came right off the pressure
Keen to explore: on another dog's walk the trainer puts him with the dogs who really want to go and see everything, rather than those who stay close to the handler.
On film
same thing with Brody or with with Angus or with with Erwin they really want to go see everything
but egg and Rufus they have a little bit more of a tendency to stay close to me
The program, stage by stage
Before the April walk
Before the April walk (uploaded 2026-04-06).
The trainer opens the April walk as his second walk with Brody.
On film
This is my second walk with Brody
Second walk: decompress, recall, then pressure on the downTurning point
Uploaded 2026-04-06.
The trainer lets him pee, poop and burn energy before asking for anything. Recall is proofed on the walk, sit and down are cued. Believing he now knows down, the trainer states the next step: move from escape to avoidance with a little more pressure, so that he downs before the pressure arrives and soon needs none; dial the e-collar below the recall setting and layer it into sit, down and heel. Heel is kept to very short durations at first. The e-collar is layered into one down, and the trainer notes he turns it off the way he turns off any other pressure.
On film
When we first come out instead of going straight into commands once we get out of the building
escape to avoidance and put a little bit more pressure on it so that he knows he
and so i layered the e-collar into that one
Hurt in a fight, weeks off (reported)
Between the April walk and the May visit.
By the trainer's account in the May visit he was attacked by another dog, did not start it, and had a few weeks off for medical reasons. The handler who gets him out after the break also says he got in a fight and has been recovering for a few weeks. In a separate clip, not dated by speech, a trainer names Hank as the dog Brody fought, says one of them broke out, and says they really tore each other up; whether that is the same fight is not stated. The injury itself is not described beyond that clip's 'tore each other up'.
On film
work with Brody oh he had to take a few weeks off for medical reasons
he got into a little fight he did not start it self-defense
oh he was attacked by another doggy but he's good now he's happy now
Brody got in a fight a little bit ago.
He's been recovering for a few weeks, so I took a few weeks off
him and Brody they got into a dogfight they really tore each other up
one of them broke out and and they got into a fight
Back to work through play, and one refused sit
Uploaded 2026-05-25 (two parts).
After a water break he refuses sit again and again - 'the only time he's ever not sat' - so the trainer, who has not been using a leash, borrows a broken one, gets one sit, and takes it off: one rep, so the refusal does not become a precedent.
On film
you got it, you got it, you got it
this is the only time he's ever not sat,
We just need to do that one rep, dude.
Can't set that precedent, buddy.
Skills
Down
How it was taught
April: a little more pressure so he downs before it comes, e-collar dialled below the recall setting and layered in. May: the toy held as motivator, 'eh' for errors, release to play.
On film
down good boy so since he I think he knows it now I just need to change from
quickly such that very soon I won't have to put any pressure because he'll just
Down, eh, down, Brody, eh, eh, down, down, come on, bud, eh, eh, Brody, down, down, bud,
Heel
How it was taught
Very short durations first, markers for drifting.
On film
That's why I make the duration really short at first.
So he did good on that one.
Recall
How it was taught
'Come' on the walk under ordinary distraction (a squirrel, a barking dog, traffic exhaust).
On film
That was a good recall proofing rep.
Place
How it was taught
Cue, markers, praise.
On film
all right you're gonna take a break place place Brody place Brody place up
Sit
How it was taught
Follow-through: leash on for one rep, then off.
On film
Okay, let's get this broken leash back off you.
Recall
On film
And we're going to be training him on the tone we call today as well,
Brody. Brody come. Good boy.
Sit
On film
Hey, sit. Sit bud. Sit. Good. Sit. Good job Brody.
Okay, so he did great coming in and out.
Down
On film
for brody super easy
From the Shorts
Short clips posted from Brody's training. They are undated, so they sit beside the program rather than inside it.
Back out after a few weeks off
The handler comes to get Brody out of his kennel after a break of a few weeks, greets him as 'a sweet little man' and asks if he is feeling better. Then it is 'let's go' out to the play yard to play ball: the first handling after the break starts with affection and play, not commands.
On film
All right, I'm here to get Mr. Brody out, and he's just a sweet boy, just a sweet little man
He's doing better. I love you, bud
Let's go. Good job, man
let's go we're gonna play ball we're gonna play ball buddy
Doorway manners and a first look at 'the tone'
In a clip titled Day 4, the trainer says that today Brody will start training on 'the tone' (the words are unclear; probably a tone recall, where a beep means come), sharpen his other commands and work on doorway manners. A backup is put on to keep him safe, he is asked to sit at a second doorway, and the trainer says he did great coming in and out and feels good about him being off leash relatively soon.
On film
And we're going to be training him on the tone we call today as well,
as well as sharpening up his other commands and doorway manners.
Let's put on the backup, make sure he's safe.
And I'm feeling good about him being off-leash relatively soon as well.
Hey, sit. Sit bud. Sit. Good. Sit. Good job Brody.
Okay, so he did great coming in and out.
Back to his kennel after play
Walking him back after a play session, the handler lets Brody lead; when he heads the wrong way he is called, comes, and is sent in with 'Go home', with a promise to come and get him again soon.
On film
Remind me where you stay. I'm gonna follow you
No, you don't go out there. That's not where you live.
Brody. Brody come. Good boy. Go home. Go home.
I'll come get you soon.
How the method adapted
Two occasions, and the difference between them is the adaptation: structured pressure work on a walk before his injury, play-only work after it.
Decompression before any command on leaving the building.
Stated as the trainer's habit: let them pee, poop and get their energy out first.
On film
peeing on stuff. Good boy. I like to let them get there
They're peeing and they're pooping in their energy out
After weeks off for an injury, he is brought back on play rather than pressure: every rep in the May visit is paid with fetch or tug and no collar is mentioned.
On film
all right we're gonna play we're gonna play we're gonna play Brody
A refusal is completed once, with the minimum tool, and the tool removed at once.
Stated: not to set a precedent.
On film
get a leash, I haven't been using one of them
Can't set that precedent, buddy.
A quick obedience check at the start of a walk is something the trainer says he might do with Brody, where with Egg he would first let the dog open up.
Said in passing on Egg's walk, as a contrast. It contrasts with the April walk, where he was let relieve himself and burn energy first, before any command.
On film
so like for teddy or maybe for brody or something like that i might do like a quick obedience check when we first get out
for egg i care more about him opening up
Outcomes
What the trainers reported
He is happy and recovered after the fight.
The trainer, May visit
On film
he's good now he's happy now
Soon he will down without any pressure.
The trainer, April walk (a prediction)
On film
quickly such that very soon I won't have to put any pressure because he'll just
What the footage shows
From the audio only: responsive recall and leash yielding on the April walk; a down that needs many repetitions in May; a run of sit refusals ended with one leashed rep. No review of the picture.