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Sofia

Angier K9 is a family-owned, play-based Board & Train serving Angier, Raleigh and the Triangle, with three full owner lessons.

Who Sofia is

As the trainers describe her

Read first as stubborn, then re-read as not understanding the language. The first filmed session turns on it.
On film

You're just going to be very stubborn about it all, aren't you?

Watch at 4:33 ↗

She didn't know what you were asking her.

Watch at 8:09 ↗

No wonder you look at me like I'm nuts.

Watch at 13:35 ↗
Big, strong and athletic; wins at tug and jumps high for the ball. Kelton's Spanish word for her is intelligent, repeatedly.
On film

She's so big.

Watch at 1:43 ↗

Ella gana

Watch at 10:15 ↗

es un atleta, muy atlético, atlética, no sé.

Watch at 28:10 ↗

Mi princesa está muy inteligente.

Watch at 30:06 ↗

An avoider. When she knows a command and does not want to do it, she circles or otherwise avoids it; Kelton calls this very common in shepherd breeds, especially German Shepherds, and answers it with more clarity, not more repetitions.

On film

y por eso necesitamos reenforzar con más claridad porque está tratando de evitarlo con el efecto de eso. Así como haciendo un círculo y eso es muy común con los pastores, las razas de pastor,

Watch at 12:20 ↗

Ella quiere evitar los mandos. Eso es muy común con los pastores alemanes especialmente es que éste es como un otro estrategia que lo usan es evitar así

Watch at 36:13 ↗

Around unfamiliar dogs, by Kelton's narration: quiet at a distance on the early walks; then, from 24 September, interested and watchful but not reactive, and later avoiding or ignoring dogs, including two very small dogs that barked at her on 29 September. The one exception filmed is a bad choice toward two very small dogs on 25 September, which he corrected. None of these is described with distances.

On film

pero ella sofía está muy quieto y ya hemos visto 1, 2, 3, 4 otros perros

Watch at 2:09 ↗

Well done, Sofia. There is no reactivity here. He was very, very calm.

Watch at 20:08 ↗

Tú puedes ver que ella puede, no ladra, no hace nada y no está asustada, no está sorpresada, está contenta. Vigilante sí, pero reactivo no.

Watch at 16:13 ↗

en este momento ella ha escogido malo, ha escogido malo ella y por eso yo le he dado los consecuencias malas de esta mala decisión. Pero ahora estamos bien.

Watch at 18:37 ↗

Yo no sé si van a ver en este video, pero hay dos muy muy pequeños pequeñitos perros allá que estaban ladrando a ella a Sofía y Sofía evitaba los evitaba completamente no estaba interesada en en like launching o atacándolos

Watch at 50:51 ↗

Her emotional state is read and acted on: low or 'supresado' in the first outdoor session, answered with running; not content, so the session is not ended there; tired after 'a somewhat stressful event' on 28 September, so that session stops; stressed by a longer heel set on 29 September, so she is let off to explore.

On film

con ella para enseñarlo para para enseñarle un mando y ella está un poco como supresado

Watch at 22:27 ↗

porque no se siente bien, no está contenta, no está relajado.

Watch at 35:00 ↗

porque está un poco cansada ahora y también eso estaba un evento un poco estresado

Watch at 10:06 ↗

Hay mucho estrés en hacer este ejercicio para ella, especialmente por este largo tiempo.

Watch at 49:46 ↗

Kelton's assessment at the first owner lesson: her behaviour comes from genetics and instinct; he is not worried about people, but with dogs he sees something. He has not seen her aggressive to people; she barked once at a passer-by on a walk, he corrected it, and she has not barked since. By 28 September he says she has learned not to show reactivity to dogs or people but has not yet fully accepted that commands are obligations.

On film

lo de ella estamos viendo que ella está jugando con genéticas y con su instinto, no estoy preocupado

Watch at 34:06 ↗

sobre los humanos como gente pero con los perros si puedo ver que ella tiene algo

Watch at 34:19 ↗

Yo no he visto que está agresivo con los seres humanos.

Watch at 28:26 ↗

yo he visto ella ladrado ella ladrado quizás una vez cuando estamos caminando a alguien que está pasando y yo he castigado y ya nunca ladrado

Watch at 29:10 ↗

estamos caminando y ha aprendido que no puede reactar, no puede demostrar o mostrar reactividad con los otros perros o con los seres humanos pero todavía ella no ha aprendido como completamente que yo tengo autoridad y también los dueños tienen autoridad

Watch at 13:58 ↗

As her family describe her

Loved, and missed at home: the family greet her in Spanish, tell her she is going home soon, and say she misses Benji, another family dog.
On film

ya vas a ir a casa pronto, si yo si

Watch at 0:53 ↗

ella extraña a mi Benji

Watch at 1:02 ↗

The family said, at the first owner lesson, that she killed the family's small eight-year-old dog, and that she attacked the larger household dog, Lexis (Lexi), when Lexis no longer wanted to play. The two are kept apart outdoors, though they sleep in the same room in separate crates. The owner said he is afraid to take them out together. A dog was sent to hospital; whether that was Lexis is not clearly said.

On film

Ella le mató un perrito a ella.

Watch at 4:21 ↗

Mira, su perrita de ocho años.

Watch at 12:08 ↗

Está peleado también. Lo mandó al hospital.

Watch at 12:49 ↗

y fue como lo lastimó Alexis

Watch at 35:21 ↗

ya tengo el temor de sacarlas juntas

Watch at 36:05 ↗

The family said again, at the home lesson on 25 September, that the two dogs used to play, that the play turned into fights with growling, that one now goes straight at the other on sight, even with one crated, and that there have been two or three fights. They take the dogs out one at a time and rotate them inside and outside; they said one dog was injured in a fight.

On film

Pero después ella se puso brava y se empezaron a pelear, ella gruñía también.

Watch at 2:24 ↗

Sí, de verdad van a pelear.

Watch at 3:15 ↗

The family said a neighbour claimed Sofia attacked her when a gate was left open; the owner disputes it and thinks Sofia wanted to play; animal control gave the family a warning. They raised it again at the home lesson.

On film

ella dice que Sofía le atacó

Watch at 27:14 ↗

Porque yo pienso que Sofía quería jugar con él.

Watch at 27:47 ↗

¿Pero le dieron una advertencia a usted? Sí, sí.

Watch at 27:55 ↗
Never aggressive to people, the family said. She barks at walkers she can see through the wire back fence, and she once barked at a large fluffy dog at the vet the day before she was brought in, frightening it.
On film

Nunca.

Watch at 28:35 ↗

Entonces ella les ladra

Watch at 24:36 ↗

no que Sofía le empieza a ladrar al perro ese Pero un ladrido que le pegó Miedo

Watch at 44:31 ↗

A rock-thrower's dog: a young person at the house threw rocks for her when she was small; she now brings rocks to be thrown, including while the owner mows. She destroyed every ball. Kelton's joke that he will play rocks with her is met with 'no, bad habits'; at the home lesson he asks whether they have rocks, and on the 24 September walk he offers a ball instead of rocks.

On film

le empezó a tirar piedras

Watch at 11:23 ↗

¿Sabes lo que ella me hace? ¿Qué? Cortando el césped.

Watch at 19:25 ↗

malos hábitos malos

Watch at 37:41 ↗

A jumper who lives outside because of it: the client told staff she stays outside most of the time because his wife does not like the jumping. At the home lesson the family add that she jumps very high, used to escape and digs out, and that getting her into the house or crate is the hardest thing for them.

On film

I was talking to the client and he was saying how she stays outside for most of the time

Watch at 12:32 ↗

because his wife doesn't like that she's jumping all the time.

Watch at 12:42 ↗

Eso es lo que más, la entrada.

Watch at 51:31 ↗

Her cues, in two languages

Sofia was trained in both Spanish and English. The cues that went home with her family were bájate (down), junto (heel) and cama (place).

SpanishEnglishSkillFirst heardNote
siéntate (family: 'sienta')sitsit7:00 ↗The first Spanish cue tried, and the one that changed her response. English 'sit'/'sit down' also used with her. A family member says 'Sofía, sienta' at the home lesson (watch 37:33).
ven / ven aquícomerecall6:56 ↗Used in every session. English 'come', 'come here', 'come back' used too. Paired with 'come' for safety on 24 September; made 'an obligation' on 28 September (watch 08:39).
cama / para tu cama went homeplace (literally 'bed')place (home cue, P2-B1)7:25 ↗Proposed on 3 September, explained by Gemma on 4 September ('en español lo llamamos cama y en inglés sería place'), cued outdoors on 10 and 29 September and at home on 25 September ('Sí, eso sí sabes'). 'Cama' is both the cue and the object.
acuéstatelie downdown (superseded)11:48 ↗
bájate went homedown (literally 'get down')down (home cue, P2-B1)1:11 ↗Chosen on 4 September because it is an instruction to the dog. Watch the overlap with 'bajarse' (get off) used for leaving the bed.
abajo / bajardown (a direction; not an instruction)down (rejected)3:53 ↗Rejected on 4 September; still named as an option on 10 September (43:41). Kelton uses 'en un abajo' as a noun ('in a down') when narrating on 29 September - not as a cue.
vámonos / vamoslet's golet's go0:28 ↗On the 3 September list, but that passage is a translation; first heard verbatim on 10 September. Used in every later session; English 'let's go' also used (28 and 29 September).
conmigoheel (literally 'with me')heel (superseded)4:53 ↗
junto went homeheel (literally 'together, close')heel (home cue, P2-B1)2:27 ↗
okok (release)release10:22 ↗Deliberately the same word in both languages. Used in every session.
ok, jugamosok, let's playrelease into play35:49 ↗Given to the family as the way to end a command inside the ball game.
eh eh / ah aheh eh / ah ah (no-marker)correction marker42:33 ↗Language-neutral. 'Ah ah' is said before the e-collar stim, always (watch 25:43); 'eh, eh' runs through the down sets of 24, 28 and 29 September.
eso no se hace / nunca / no, nuncathat isn't done / never / no, neververbal correction17:37 ↗Used after the bad choice toward two very small dogs, and by the family under coaching at the home lesson (watch 41:55).
déjalo / mío / es mío ahoraleave it / drop it; mineout (give up a toy)9:19 ↗Also on 24 September ('déjalo, gracias') and at the home lesson.
no es tuyoit's not yoursleave it (an item)58:05 ↗Said once on 29 September; not a trained cue on film.
tráelobring itfetch2:51 ↗
muérdelobite it (tug)tug30:00 ↗The trainer did not know a Spanish word for tug and used English 'Tug' (09:36).
vete a explorar / vetego explore / go onrelease to freedom18:04 ↗
vete a olergo sniffrelease to sniff24:14 ↗
corre / a correr / corremosrunrunning break28:10 ↗
más lentoslowerwalking pace25:53 ↗
aquí; a la izquierdahere; to the leftwalking directions; position helper13:11 ↗'Aquí' also placed between 'bájate' cues on 28 September (watch 03:15).
para el carro; para la casa; para tu casa; adentro; vete adentroto the car; home / inside; go insidetransitions; going inside on cue45:11 ↗Into the vehicle at the end of walks (24, 25, 29 September). At home, going inside is the family's main difficulty ('la entrada', watch 51:31); 'para la casa' repeated drew 'bien, mejor' under coaching (42:31).
échatelie downpossibly the family's own down word32:54 ↗Not for a cue table without the audio.
bien hecho; muy bien; buena chica; muy inteligente; princesa; mi niñawell done; very good; good girl; very intelligent; princess; my girlpraise7:30 ↗English 'good girl' is used as often as the Spanish. Staff: 'good girl' comes naturally in English and Spanish praise can sound forced (watch 07:59).
míramelook at meattention (counter-example)9:50 ↗Named only as what hovering owners say, and what not to do.
cállatebe quietthe family's own cue for barking24:48 ↗Family usage, not a program cue.

The program, stage by stage

Before the program, off camera

Before about 2026-09-03.

Christian met her and recommended the program: obedience, and understanding 'no' (reported by staff at the first lesson). The day before she was brought in, the owner took her to the vet for vaccinations and she barked at a large dog there (the family said). Everything the family later told the lessons about her history - the small dog killed, Lexi attacked, the neighbour and animal control - lies somewhere before this point and is undated.

On film

por eso Christian cuando la fue a ver

Watch at 41:56 ↗

The language barrierTurning point

Title-dated 2026-09-03. watch.

Indoors, a handler (most likely Claudia) works her on sit, down and place in English and gets almost nothing; the reading is stubbornness. Someone tries Spanish - 'Sofía, ven. Sofía, siéntate' - and the response is 'a lot better'. The conclusion: she did not know what was being asked, because her family talks to her in Spanish. Gemma then introduces herself in Spanish and explains the program to the family on camera; that passage survives only as an English translation, so its content is given in words: Claudia trains indoors, other trainers take the dogs to stores and parks, and Kelton will train Sofia after Claudia. This is the moment the case becomes a bilingual case.

On film

Sofía, ven. Sofía, siéntate.

Watch at 7:00 ↗

They basically talk to her in Spanish.

Watch at 7:22 ↗

She didn't know what you were asking her.

Watch at 8:09 ↗

Buenas tardes, yo me llamo Gema.

Watch at 8:19 ↗

Now that we know, we can overcome the language barrier.

Watch at 14:08 ↗

Place, the down word, and the request for two languages

Title-dated 2026-09-04. watch.

Claudia works her on place while Gemma explains 'cama' to the family in Spanish: she stays until she lies down and gets comfortable, which trains impulse control and patience, and she comes off only on 'ok', the same word in both languages. It is presented as the answer to jumping on visitors, and the family are told to buy a similar bed (links already sent to the father). The relayed complaint that she lives outside because of the jumping is answered, in Spanish, to the dog: that is over from now on.

On film

Buenas tardes, soy Gemma y mi colega aquí es Claudia, Claudia no habla español,

Watch at 4:39 ↗

Esto es un excelente mando cuando usted tiene a familia o amigos que están en su

Watch at 5:12 ↗

entonces ahorita estamos practicando el que ella no se puede salir hasta que le demos el mando que se puede salir que es ok sería ok en inglés y ok en español

Watch at 6:18 ↗

You can also, so I spoke to the dad, and...

Watch at 7:47 ↗

Ya se terminó eso desde ahora.

Watch at 12:15 ↗

The indoor week, unfilmed

About 2026-09-05 to 2026-09-09. No recordings.

The handler on 3 September expected 'the next week or so' indoors. No recording covers these days. By 10 September Kelton says she has learned place (in English, as he puts it), so indoor work went on; what else was done is unknown.

On film

I think me and Sophie are gonna have a blast over the next week or so working together.

Watch at 13:58 ↗

Handed to Kelton outdoors: assessment in SpanishTurning point

Title-dated 2026-09-10, 21:18. watch, 50 minutes, a downtown park at night.

Kelton, speaking self-described non-fluent Spanish and asking viewers to correct it, takes her out for the first time: 'Her commands are all gonna be in Spanish.' He checks what she can do unaided, notes she is very quiet around four other dogs including a barking one, explains heel as 'conmigo', reps 'cama', introduces the e-collar, and runs a play assessment (tug wins over ball). The long middle is 'siéntate' toward verbal-only, with his theory of resistance (the command is not yet clear in her mind; good teachers need patience and must build clarity), running when she seems low, calm exploring as a reward, and a shake-off read as contentment. At 28:58 she sits without hands or leash, e-collar still in use: progress is using fewer tools. He will not end while she is not content, lets her sniff back to baseline, and stops after a retention check because everything is new for her, 'especialmente conmigo'. Next session: fluent sit, then down.

On film

Her commands are all gonna be in Spanish

Watch at 0:22 ↗

es que tu claridad no está, no está muy claro el mando.

Watch at 20:37 ↗

mis manos o con este flexi es mejor y tú puedes ver que hay progreso cuando no estás usando todos

Watch at 29:10 ↗

Porque todo está nuevo.

Watch at 48:32 ↗

Especialmente conmigo.

Watch at 48:37 ↗

The upload nobody can open

Published 2026-09-12. 5e4Nl-ClNAw, 28 minutes.

Not readable. Placed here by publication date only.

Down under pressure

Title-dated 2026-09-15, 14:00 and 14:27. watch (8 minutes) then watch (12 minutes).

Two short, thinly narrated sessions, probably one afternoon. Kelton tells her she is trying and putting in effort. In the second he ends after a very good repetition, then tries once more because she is 'very close to doing it without pressure', and estimates three or four more repetitions until she does it without help. How the pressure was applied is not audible here; at the first lesson he says it was leash and e-collar.

On film

de hacerlo. Mucho esfuerzo. Ven, ven, ven. Bájate. Bájate. Bájate. Bájate. Bájate.

Watch at 2:00 ↗

Porque creo que ella está muy cerca de hacerlo sin presión de cualquier manera.

Watch at 10:22 ↗

Creo que quizás, probablemente, tres o cuatro más repeticiones

Watch at 11:30 ↗

Heel comes fast; down is still slow; the collar is turned down

Title-dated 2026-09-16, 17:19. watch, 41 minutes, a walk from and back to the house.

The first two minutes are in English ('come', 'sit'); then Spanish. The plan: continue 'bájate', practise 'siéntate', continue 'junto', which he calls the correct term for heel. Down still takes long strings of cues in four separate sets. After pressure he has her run, and explains that running, exploring and walking in nature relieve stress. He lowers the e-collar because the level was 'a lot for her': the minimum that is still effective is better. A person and a calm male dog pass; 'There is no reactivity here.' She learns 'junto' much faster than down or sit. One more down, then home: 'muy buena sesión'.

On film

Ok, entonces hoy ella va a aprender mucho. Vamos a continuar enseñarla bájate y también

Watch at 1:58 ↗

Ok, muy bien hecho, voy a bajar el collar, el control un poco, porque esto estaba mucho

Watch at 10:41 ↗

Well done, Sofia. There is no reactivity here. He was very, very calm.

Watch at 20:08 ↗

mucho más rápidamente que el bájate y también el siéntate.

Watch at 35:57 ↗

First owner lesson, in SpanishTurning point

Title-dated 2026-09-17, 15:37. watch, 69 minutes, at the facility.

No handling by the family; an hour of concepts and history, given by Kelton with Gemma paraphrasing and adding. The lesson is for the people: how to keep her behaviour at home. Kelton reads the intake priorities and says he does not know whether she can be with every dog in the world, but she can be neutral. The staff separate barking from aggression and fence reactivity from real aggression. The four windows follow, with calm freedom as the one most dogs lack; after a correction, give no commands, then 'ok'. Next: the family should have the e-collar ready, and the next lessons will be at their home, the first booked for the 25th. If they want another puppy, get it soon so the trainers can introduce the dogs. Sofia falls asleep during it; a family member says she looks calmer.

On film

Pero la cosa que es la más importante sobre eso es que esta lección no es para ella,

Watch at 3:03 ↗

pero yo sé que ella puede ser neutral cuando hay otros perros

Watch at 4:46 ↗

Y cuando yo estaba tratando de enseñar la bajate, estoy también usando presión.

Watch at 20:33 ↗

Mira, ella se mantiene dormida.

Watch at 52:56 ↗

El 25 a las 3 de la tarde en su casa.

Watch at 1:07:33 ↗

A week unfilmed; mentioned once

2026-09-18 to 2026-09-23. No Sofia recordings.

The next day, in another dog's owner lesson, a trainer mentions Sofia as the shepherd being trained in Spanish.

On film

sofia is a shepherd that's getting trained in spanish because we do like different languages

Watch at 3:53 ↗

A busy public walk: watchful, not reactive

Title-dated 2026-09-24, 17:10 and 17:20. watch (8 minutes) and watch (21 minutes), one session in two parts.

Kelton plans the walk to camera in Spanish: free exploring for two or three minutes first, then commands to see whether she listens; he expects to reinforce every command 'negativamente y también positivamente'. Among two adults and their children she is, by his narration, not barking, calm and happy. Down goes on four cues ('much better today than before'), heel ('junto') is worked, and a ball replaces rocks. In part two, down sets still take runs of up to nine cues with 'eh, eh' markers; when a boy comes past fast on a bicycle he calls her with 'come, ven' together so she is not hit. An unfamiliar dog with its ball and a group of adults and a girl pass; he narrates that she is doing nothing, totally calm, interested but not reactive: 'Vigilante sí, pero reactivo no.' A ball game with 'déjalo', one more down set ('no puedes evitar así'), no pulling on the way back, and the collar off: 'muy buena sesión hoy'.

On film

voy a dejarla explorar hacer lo que quiere y cuando hemos caminado un poco más después de quizás un rato dos quizás tres minutos voy a empezar a dar mandos y ver si ella va a escuchar bien.

Watch at 0:53 ↗

Está aprendiendo. Mucho mejor hoy. Mucho mejor hoy que antes.

Watch at 4:15 ↗

y por eso necesitábamos a decirle, come, ven, para que ella, no queremos que ella sea golpeada.

Watch at 5:20 ↗

Tú puedes ver que ella puede, no ladra, no hace nada y no está asustada, no está sorpresada, está contenta. Vigilante sí, pero reactivo no.

Watch at 16:13 ↗

y ya está, no necesitas este collar otra vez, muy buena sesión hoy

Watch at 20:55 ↗

Let her choose: the small dogsTurning point

Title-dated 2026-09-25, 13:29. watch, 24 minutes, a busy public walking area; probably the morning walk Kelton describes at the home lesson that afternoon.

A walk set up as a test of what she kept. Through passing dogs, people, children and bicycles Kelton narrates that she is interested but not barking or doing anything forbidden, and tells the viewer that her behaviour with dogs is much better and they need not be afraid of what she will do when walking her. When she circles to avoid a down he reads it as avoidance by a dog who understands the cue, common in German Shepherds, and says the answer is more clarity. Then two very small dogs pass with their owners. He announces that he will let her choose, good or bad, and that she will have the consequences of the error; she chooses badly, he corrects her in words ('Eso no se hace... Nunca'), praises her as she comes away, and explains to camera that this is how she learns what is forbidden and what is acceptable. What she did and what the correction was are not described in the audio. Later she passes three adults on a narrow bridge without reacting, and goes down 'mucho más rapidito'; the walk ends with a recall using a truck as the distraction.

The first filmed application of the first lesson's rule - let her make the bad decision and correct it - to a real dog, and the dogs were very small.

On film

ella y ella estaba muy interesada pero no está ladrando no está haciendo nada nada malo nada prohibido todo bien su comportamiento está mucho mejor con los perros ahora no necesitas sentir asustado a lo que ella va a hacer ahora cuando tú estás caminando con ella

Watch at 4:26 ↗

voy a dejarla escoger lo que va a hacer si es algo bueno o algo malo y va a tener las consecuencias del error

Watch at 17:22 ↗

error. Sofía, vámonos. Eso no se hace. Eso no se hace. No se hace, Sofía. Nunca.

Watch at 17:37 ↗

Y por eso ella puede aprender lo que está prohibido y lo que que está lo mejor hacer. Lo que está aceptable.

Watch at 19:08 ↗

Y ella ha bajado mucho más rapidito ahora. Eso está progreso. Está progresando muy bien.

Watch at 21:42 ↗

The home lesson: Lexi, the e-collar, the entranceTurning point

Title-dated 2026-09-25, 15:29 and 15:37. watch (5 minutes) and watch (54 minutes), at the family's home, as booked on 17 September.

He makes it the priority and brings Sofia to practise at the house. With Lexi in the yard and Sofia very hyper, he walks Sofia near her on the e-collar: looking is no problem; the bad decision is wanting to go and attack, which must be punished and is not an option for her; and the problem is two-sided, because the other dog wants it too. After corrections, he says, she does not know what to do, because the option she always took is now punished, so she looks for other options; then 'ahora está escogiendo mejor'. He tells the family that at home this is a real, conditioned habit while at the park it is not. Rotating the dogs is acceptable management; the goal is supervision so they can be together without fighting, and, at home and in the park, punishing the start of the move, not the looking. She can go to parks now because she listens better, though not perfectly. The family then try their hardest problem, getting her inside, and down; she avoids, which he calls common in German Shepherds, and with coaching 'para la casa' gets 'bien, mejor'. He shows play as training and she does 'cama' at home. He closes: watch the coming videos, including this morning's with the other dogs; next time he will bring his wife for the language; no more training today, and she is not to be put with Lexi or anyone.

The first time the household problem is worked where it lives: Sofia near Lexi, and the family's own e-collar in their hands.

On film

Yo creo que esa es una cosa que está primaria, es una prioridad que necesitamos corregir.

Watch at 2:47 ↗

ahora está mirando otra vez y mirar no hay problema con esto la mala decisión es cuando ella quiere ir a atacar.

Watch at 7:06 ↗

es porque antes la opción que cada vez estaba escogiendo es ir para el aire pero ahora que que estamos castigándolo, está pensando que puedo hacer, que hacer ahora y está buscando buscando otras opciones

Watch at 9:20 ↗

ahora está escogiendo mejor. Y es que también estaba haciendo esto con otros perros hoy.

Watch at 11:18 ↗

Sofía, para la casa, Sofía, para la casa, Sofía, para la casa, bien, mejor, ok, vamos

Watch at 42:31 ↗

La próxima vez voy a ver si puedo tratar de traer a mi esposa otra vez, porque podemos asegurar que entiendan todo lo que estoy diciendo, porque yo sé que sí hablo español, pero no como ella.

Watch at 49:58 ↗

Recall becomes an obligationTurning point

Title-dated 2026-09-28, 12:22 and 12:31. watch (8 minutes, a walk) then watch (15 minutes, the play session it announces).

On a leashed walk Kelton says that very soon they will walk without a leash and that her recall is improving a lot. Down still takes a run of cues on the first set and two on the second. Because she is responding well he switches to a ball session, where he thinks she will learn faster. In it, something happens ('¿Qué pasó?') and a run of recall cues follows. He explains to camera that she thought she could run and need not come back on 'ven', and has now learned that coming back is not optional but an obligation. How the recall was enforced is not audible. He stops soon after because she is tired after 'un evento un poco estresado' and will not learn in that state. His summary: they have cooperation in play and on walks, and she has learned not to show reactivity to dogs or people, but she has not yet fully learned that he and the owners have authority and that a command is an obligation.

Kelton names it himself as perhaps the most important moment of her program so far: the move from cooperation to authority.

On film

muy pronto vamos a caminar sin correa

Watch at 0:07 ↗

ya está mejorando mucho ahora regresando muy rápido

Watch at 0:36 ↗

En este momento ella ha aprendido algo muy importante, que cuando ella piensa que ella ella puede correr y no necesita regresar.

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que no es posible, ella no es opcional, es necesario que ella, es una obligación que ella regresa cuando yo le digo eso. Eso es muy importante,

Watch at 8:39 ↗

especialmente en este momento de hacer come o bane, este recall, eso estaba el momento más importante quizás en todo el programa hasta ahora

Watch at 13:28 ↗

The lake: all three home cues, and two small barking dogs

Title-dated 2026-09-29, 09:44.

An hour's walk on a leash that Kelton says he is barely using to steer her. Heel ('junto') is explained as two phases - entering the position, where she knows where it is, and active heeling while walking - and a longer heel set than before follows, which he says was very stressful for her, so he lets her explore and sniff. She does 'cama' on an outdoor object. Down still takes several cues with 'eh eh' markers. With nine dogs at one spot she only looked; with three across a fence she was interested but avoiding, which he calls not bad and what she needs to do, especially at home. By his account to camera (he is unsure it is on the video), two very small dogs barked at her and she avoided them completely, with no interest in launching at or attacking them. When a bigger dog comes by he puts her in a down so it can pass. 'Una muy buena sesión'; she has learned a lot.

On film

Bien hecho, Sofía. No ha hecho nada. Estaba mirando solo. Nada malo.

Watch at 23:11 ↗

está muy interesada pero evitando, eso no está malo, especialmente en la casa, creo que ella ella necesita hacer eso.

Watch at 24:16 ↗

que bueno wow ok ok sofía cama cama cama cama cama cama muy bien

Watch at 36:17 ↗

Yo no sé si van a ver en este video, pero hay dos muy muy pequeños pequeñitos perros allá que estaban ladrando a ella a Sofía y Sofía evitaba los evitaba completamente no estaba interesada en en like launching o atacándolos

Watch at 50:51 ↗

yo lo pone yo la pone en un abajo en este mando en esta posición para que el otro perro puede cruzar o podría podría cruzar

Watch at 54:42 ↗

eso eso estaba una muy buena sesión con ella. Creo que ella ha aprendido mucho.

Watch at 55:01 ↗

Skills

Sit ('siéntate'; English 'sit')

At the startOn film on 3 September, little response to English 'sit'; 'a lot better' on 'siéntate'.
By the endUsed on every walk to 29 September and praised; still three cues for one sit on 29 September. At the home lesson a family member gets a sit after several tries. Not called verbal-only in any recording.

How it was taught

Repeated cue with physical help at first, then fading the hands and the flexi lead; release 'ok'; play, running and sniffing between sets. Kelton's goal is sit on the word alone, 'sin ayuda y sin presión'.

On film

Siéntate.

Watch at 7:57 ↗

It's a lot better.

Watch at 8:06 ↗

porque lo que queremos es que está solamente con decirlo, verbo. Yo puedo decirlo y ella

Watch at 19:31 ↗

Creo que pocas veces más y ella va a hacerlo sin ayuda y sin presión.

Watch at 31:19 ↗

Sofía, ven. Siéntate. Bien hecho.

Watch at 10:29 ↗

Siéntate. Siéntate. Siéntate. Ok. Bien hecho.

Watch at 43:14 ↗

Recall and let's go ('ven', 'vámonos'; English 'come', 'come back', 'let's go')

By the endUsed in every session in both languages, once both together for safety around a fast bicycle (24 September). On 28 September Kelton reports it improving a lot and coming back very fast, then, after she ran and did not come back in a play session, says she learned that coming back is an obligation. Off-leash recall is announced as coming 'muy pronto'.

How it was taught

Name plus cue, praise; 'eh' markers when she does not come; enforcement of the 28 September recall not audible. English appears at the start of sessions and around other people.

On film

Sofía, ven aquí, ven.

Watch at 6:56 ↗

Sofia, come, come

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y por eso necesitábamos a decirle, come, ven, para que ella, no queremos que ella sea golpeada.

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Otra vez ahora con este troca con distracción, Sofía ven, ven, ven, muy bien hecho Sofía,

Watch at 23:03 ↗

es una obligación que ella regresa cuando yo le digo eso.

Watch at 8:39 ↗

Release ('ok', the same word in both languages)

By the endIn use in every session to 29 September; the family are told to say 'ok' after a correction so she knows she is free again, and 'ok, jugamos' to release into play.

How it was taught

Kept as 'okay' on 3 September because it works when pronounced the Spanish way.

On film

And then you can pronounce it in Spanish way, okay.

Watch at 10:31 ↗

es bueno decir ok para que ella sabe para que ella conoce que ahora no hay nada todo

Watch at 54:54 ↗

Neutrality around other dogs (unfamiliar dogs)

At the startThe family said she killed a small dog and fights with Lexi.
By the endBy Kelton's narration: quiet at a distance (10 and 16 September); watchful but not reactive near an unfamiliar dog (24 September); one bad choice toward two very small dogs, corrected (25 September); only looking at nine dogs, avoiding three across a fence, and avoiding two very small barking dogs completely (29 September). Distances and body language are not recoverable from audio, and nothing shows her greeting a dog.

How it was taught

Walk past dogs; leave the looking alone; let her make the choice and correct the bad one; accept avoidance; down to let a dog pass. The goal is neutrality, not friendship with every dog.

On film

visto 1, 2, 3, 4 otros perros entonces esta estación está muy bien práctico para ella

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Y por eso no sé si ella puede estar socializado al punto que ella puede estar con todos los perros del mundo sin problemas.

Watch at 4:21 ↗

Sofía no está haciendo nada, totalmente calma.

Watch at 15:54 ↗

en este momento ella ha escogido malo, ha escogido malo ella y por eso yo le he dado los consecuencias malas de esta mala decisión. Pero ahora estamos bien.

Watch at 18:37 ↗

Bien hecho, Sofía. No ha hecho nada. Estaba mirando solo. Nada malo.

Watch at 23:11 ↗

Living with Lexi (the household dog)

At the startThe family said the two fight on sight and are never out together.
By the endWorked once, at the home lesson on 25 September: walked near Lexi on the e-collar, corrected for the move toward her, then 'choosing better' by Kelton's account. The dogs were not put together, and the family were told not to put Sofia with Lexi that day. Supervised time together is the stated goal.

How it was taught

Looking allowed; the start of the move to attack punished ('ah ah', then the collar); the problem treated as two-sided; the family's rotation endorsed as management meanwhile.

On film

si porque ella está haciéndolo también. No es un lado, es dos lados en esta situación porque ella también quiere cuando lo vea.

Watch at 7:50 ↗

ahora está escogiendo mejor.

Watch at 11:18 ↗

los dos juntos y con ella también es que cuando están como afuera de la casa en el

Watch at 17:41 ↗

Going inside on cue ('para la casa', 'adentro') - the family's main home problem

At the startThe family said getting her in is the hardest thing; at the home lesson the first attempt fails.
By the endOn a coached second attempt, 'para la casa' repeated draws 'bien, mejor'. The family are told to back the cue with the collar when she does not listen.

How it was taught

Call her, keep the cue going, 'déjalo' and 'no, nunca' for distractions, praise; the e-collar as Kelton used it.

On film

Sofía, para la casa, Sofía, para la casa, Sofía, para la casa, bien, mejor, ok, vamos

Watch at 42:31 ↗

lo que necesitas usar es esto, y también yo estaba usando este cuando no estaba escuchando,

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Jumping on people; barking at people

At the startThe family's main complaints: jumping (the reason she lives outside) and barking at people through the fence.
By the endBarking at people: by Kelton's narration she is quiet among people, children and cyclists on the walks of 24, 25 and 29 September. For jumping, place is offered as the visitor tool.

How it was taught

Planned: a home lesson letting her out along the fence to see people and be told no.

On film

Escuché que andas brincando arriba de la gente, ¿eh?

Watch at 12:11 ↗

Ya, ver y probar, y la tercera sesión sería también en su casa, y pues la podemos dejar salir en la cerca

Watch at 36:41 ↗

y ella no está ladrando ni nada, no ladra, está muy calmo, muy contenta.

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Play: ball, tug, give ('déjalo', 'mío', 'tráelo', 'muérdelo'); play as training

At the startThe family said she destroyed every ball and plays rocks.
By the endLikes tug more than ball on 10 September and wins it; gives on 'déjalo' (10 and 24 September); a ball session becomes the training format on 28 September; the family are shown how to ask for commands inside the game.

How it was taught

Play assessment with the handler animated and enjoying it; commands every few throws, then 'ok, jugamos'.

On film

Sofía, déjalo. Bien hecho. Déjalo. Déjalo. Mío.

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Oh, ella se gusta Tug.

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Sofía, ven, déjalo, gracias, vámonos,

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Yo quiero jugar bola, que jugamos con esta pelota, y creo que ella va a aprender un poco más rápidamente así.

Watch at 5:40 ↗

How the method adapted

The central adaptation in Sofia's case is language, made on day one by accident and then made deliberately again and again: the cues, the word choices, who handles her, how things are explained to the family, the language of both owner lessons, and Kelton's promise to bring a fluent speaker back. The rest are moves by one outdoor trainer, each stated as he makes it, and from 24 September they turn toward her dog-directed history.

Cue words picked for the family's Spanish and for grammar: 'bájate', an instruction to the dog, over 'abajo', which only names a direction. The staff note that Spanish is spoken in 21 countries and a word may suit one culture better than another (uncertain audio).

On film

Because you're asking the dog to do something.

Watch at 1:57 ↗

One word. The problem is that Spanish is spoken in 21 different countries I mean.

Watch at 3:14 ↗uncertain audio

So abajo, which is like down, but it's not commanding the dog to go down, you know what I mean?

Watch at 3:53 ↗uncertain audio

The non-Spanish-speaking indoor trainer says nothing to her but the command, and the staff note that praise should be natural in the handler's own language.

Stated by Gemma; the praise remark is staff chat.

On film

Entonces, le dice, pues, nada, menos el mando.

Watch at 7:41 ↗

And then in Spanish, it kind of sounds weird because you're trying too hard.

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Explanations addressed to camera in Spanish for the family, by Gemma (3 and 4 September) and by Kelton in his own non-fluent Spanish on every outdoor session; both owner lessons in Spanish; and a fluent speaker promised for the next visit so the family understand everything.

The staff say the videos are how the family see her training without the excitement of seeing them; Kelton says he speaks Spanish but not as his wife does.

On film

Entonces para hoy vamos a hablar en una manera bilingüal.

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De verdad yo no hablo español muy frecuentemente.

Watch at 32:08 ↗

ven por eso ponemos muchos vídeos ahí para que vean en realidad cómo es que ella está

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La próxima vez voy a ver si puedo tratar de traer a mi esposa otra vez, porque podemos asegurar que entiendan todo lo que estoy diciendo, porque yo sé que sí hablo español, pero no como ella.

Watch at 49:58 ↗

The e-collar level lowered mid-session because it was a lot for her (16 September); at the home lesson, levels chosen by the act and the context rather than one setting.

Use the minimum that is still effective; too much for a small failure would make her afraid of the command (Kelton).

On film

para ella, estaba efectivo, pero si hay un dos que está un poco menos que todavía está

Watch at 10:58 ↗

está muy efectivo, es mejor usar esto, el mínimo.

Watch at 11:12 ↗

Todo depende. Todo depende en el contexto.

Watch at 27:05 ↗

Running, exploring and sniffing after pressure or stress: when she seems low (10 September), after down sets (16 and 24 September), and after a longer heel set than before (29 September). Walks open with free exploring before any command (24, 25 and 29 September).

Running creates good hormones; exercise, exploring and walking in nature relieve stress (Kelton's reasoning).

On film

mejor, va a sentir mejor porque en el cerebro humano y también en el cerebro perro, correr

Watch at 22:58 ↗

Corre. Cuando hay presión y también un poco de estrés, una cosa que puede ayudar es correr.

Watch at 6:05 ↗

Hay mucho estrés en hacer este ejercicio para ella, especialmente por este largo tiempo. tiempo, es más larga de antes, mucho más. So, ahora voy a dejarla a explorar otra vez y a disfrutar oliendo, mirando y haciendo otras cosas.

Watch at 49:46 ↗

Sessions ended on her state: not while she is unsettled; after a very good repetition; after one retention check because everything is new; and, on 28 September, soon after a stressful recall because a tired dog in that state will not learn.

It is very important that it ends on a good note; her brain needs to process; 'no vamos a continuar a empujarla'.

On film

porque no se siente bien, no está contenta, no está relajado. Es muy importante que se termine con una buena nota.

Watch at 35:00 ↗

todo vamos a terminar aquí porque ella ha hecho muy muy bien en este última repetición

Watch at 10:02 ↗

No quiero tratar mucho más y ella no va a aprender porque de este estado de emoción que ella tiene

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Avoidance answered with clarity: when she circles away from a down she knows, Kelton reads it as a German Shepherd's avoidance strategy, not confusion, and reinforces with more clarity rather than more repetitions.

She understands the cue (Kelton, 25 September).

On film

bájate, bájate, bájate, bájate, ok, muy bien hecho Sofía, Sofía entiende lo que hacer, vámonos

Watch at 11:44 ↗

y por eso necesitamos reenforzar con más claridad porque está tratando de evitarlo con el efecto de eso. Así como haciendo un círculo y eso es muy común con los pastores, las razas de pastor,

Watch at 12:20 ↗

Her dog-directed history worked as a choice, not avoided: announced choice with two very small dogs on 25 September, and walking her near Lexi at home the same afternoon, with the move toward the dog punished and the looking left alone. Avoidance of other dogs is accepted as a good outcome.

So she learns what is forbidden and what is acceptable; the priority is that she can walk without thinking of attacking (Kelton).

On film

voy a dejarla escoger lo que va a hacer si es algo bueno o algo malo y va a tener las consecuencias del error

Watch at 17:22 ↗

como estábamos hablando antes en el primero sesión es que necesitamos penalizar o castigar esto que ella eso no es una opción que ella tiene

Watch at 7:38 ↗

Puede evitar, no hay malo en evitar los otros perros.

Watch at 48:17 ↗

The first owner lesson built around the family's dog history: neutrality rather than universal friendliness as the stated goal, reading her face before she acts, and an offer to integrate a new puppy during the program rather than after. The home lesson starts from the family's own problem list.

The family reported the killed dog and said they were thinking of another puppy; at the home the family are asked what matters most there.

On film

sus ojos cómo se pone la cara de ella antes de atacar a algo

Watch at 5:57 ↗

Si es que quieren otro perrito, yo les sugiero que lo compren ya pronto cuando hagamos las sesiones con ella.

Watch at 12:30 ↗

Porque yo voy a traer a Sofía aquí para que podamos ver con ella y también para que podamos practicar aquí con Sofía.

Watch at 3:53 ↗

What the family was told

Why the videos exist, and who the lesson is for

ven por eso ponemos muchos vídeos ahí para que vean en realidad cómo es que ella está entrenando sin la emoción de verlos a ustedes o cosas así.

Watch at 2:52 ↗

Lo que necesitamos enseñarles es que cuando ella está en casa,

Watch at 3:15 ↗

unos sextos estaba de esta mañana con los otros perros, porque yo puedo ver que eso es una prioridad con ella,

Watch at 47:53 ↗

Place ('cama') for visitors, and the bed to buy

estando ahí ella misma está enfocándose en controlar su impulso

Watch at 5:42 ↗

entonces la idea es que cuando sofía vaya a casa que ustedes tengan una camita como esta

Watch at 6:43 ↗

una de esas camitas es una de las cosas, y eso lo puedes poner en su sala,

Watch at 7:01 ↗

hasta que usted le diga que ella puede bajarse de ahí.

Watch at 7:25 ↗

Correct the behaviour, not the feeling; watch the face before she acts

señales cuando el perro se enfoca mucho en algo y cómo interrumpir eso para que

Watch at 5:45 ↗

Porque ya eso es el comportamiento y entonces es ahí cuando uno castiga el comportamiento y no el sentimiento.

Watch at 6:24 ↗

Consequences and decision points: let her choose, correct the first moment, don't distract

consecuencias, buenas o malas, y también puedes pensar en eso como puntos de decisión, puntos de

Watch at 7:08 ↗

no es malo, puede ver, eso no es un problema, ver, solamente ver, mirar no es un problema,

Watch at 7:45 ↗

en eso es que necesitas dejarla hacer malas decisiones y también las buenas y corregir

Watch at 8:46 ↗

Y cuando hay un perro, es esto, oh, Sofía, Sofía, ven, ven, ven, Sofía, Sofía, oh, oh, mira, mira, mírame, mira, mira.

Watch at 9:50 ↗

estamos distraendo eso no funciona no funciona

Watch at 10:03 ↗

With Lexi and other dogs: looking is fine, the start of the move is punished, both dogs must learn, rotation is fine meanwhile (home lesson)

ahora está mirando otra vez y mirar no hay problema con esto la mala decisión es cuando ella quiere ir a atacar.

Watch at 7:06 ↗

si porque ella está haciéndolo también. No es un lado, es dos lados en esta situación porque ella también quiere cuando lo vea.

Watch at 7:50 ↗

está mejorando allá porque este contexto es un hábito. Allá en el parque no es un

Watch at 11:46 ↗

si está funcionando que pueden

Watch at 17:09 ↗

que pueden estar juntos sin pelear

Watch at 17:38 ↗

cuando quiere hacer algo no antes si están mirando no hay nada pero si empieza a ir

Watch at 18:04 ↗

Puede evitar, no hay malo en evitar los otros perros.

Watch at 48:17 ↗

Two ways to create behaviour - reward and pressure - and how her down was taught

Estos son los dos conceptos que tú puedes usar para crear nuevos mandos, nuevos mandos y también

Watch at 18:47 ↗

Porque jugar también es algo que está positivo para ella.

Watch at 20:14 ↗

Estoy haciéndolo con esta correa y también con el control, con la electricidad.

Watch at 20:43 ↗

Yo sé que voy a necesitar a reenforzar, reenforzar todos los mandos negativamente y también positivamente.

Watch at 1:31 ↗

When pressure is abusive: when she cannot tell how to avoid it

Si está abusado sin una meta clara.

Watch at 21:34 ↗

Si ella no sabe cómo evitarla porque no está clara, eso está muy mal.

Watch at 21:40 ↗

cómo evitarlo eso es abusivo pero si está claro cómo evitarlo está normal como en este ejemplo

Watch at 22:53 ↗

The family's own e-collar: fit, feel, the marker first, the blue button, and levels by context (home lesson)

ya porque estos son más largos. Los otros son pequeñitos y ella tiene mucho pelo

Watch at 23:02 ↗

Porque una ley con esto es que necesitas que está en contacto con la tierra, porque si no está contactando con la piel, no funciona.

Watch at 23:14 ↗

porque un castigo, sí, duele un poco, pero también puedes aprender

Watch at 25:10 ↗

yo lo uso siempre después de decir ah ah. Yo digo ah ah y esto sigue.

Watch at 25:43 ↗

o también si estás esforzando algo como bájate o siéntate o otro mando ven tú puedes usar esto el azul

Watch at 26:07 ↗

Todo depende. Todo depende en el contexto. Por ejemplo, antes cuando ella estaba tratando

Watch at 27:05 ↗

ir a él, al otro perro. Estaba puesto en como 65, porque eso está muy malo.

Watch at 27:13 ↗

depende de lo que yo digo siéntate y ella no nos siente no voy a abusar 70 eso está mucho

Watch at 27:33 ↗

ejemplo si están en la casa no hay nada ella está calma contenta todo bien tú digas bájate

Watch at 28:10 ↗

no vas a usar 70 vas a usar quizás 15 o 20

Watch at 28:19 ↗

Getting her inside: back the cue (home lesson)

Sofía, para la casa, Sofía, para la casa, Sofía, para la casa, bien, mejor, ok, vamos

Watch at 42:31 ↗

lo que necesitas usar es esto, y también yo estaba usando este cuando no estaba escuchando,

Watch at 42:50 ↗

Train inside play; treats are fine (home lesson)

eso es el mejor método para entrenarla es usar estos lo que estás haciendo ya está perfecto

Watch at 35:15 ↗

Puedes jugar normalmente y cada quizás cuatro o quince o cinco o seis veces, bájate o siéntate u otra cosa. Y después de eso, ok, jugamos. Y ella va a tener mucho más motivación.

Watch at 35:49 ↗

no hay problema con premios estos son buenas motivaciones para ellos yo no lo uso no mucho

Watch at 38:31 ↗

Barking: a shepherd guards; fence reactivity is not aggression

So, si ella está, ella sola, y no hay nadie que está supervisando, quizás, probablemente va a ladrar,

Watch at 24:58 ↗

necesitas recordar que ella está un pastor alemán.

Watch at 25:10 ↗

Y yo creo que es como un término que está más correcto, es como reactividad de cerca.

Watch at 32:12 ↗

Porque no está agresivo, normalmente es reactividad.

Watch at 32:21 ↗

The four windows, and calm freedom

son cuatro el primero es la diversión independiente es que ella está explorando y haciendo lo que

Watch at 46:30 ↗

Y este contexto está muy pequeño, porque si piensas en la vida de ella, es muy pequeño.

Watch at 48:05 ↗

que yo he visto es el primario que no tiene y eso es libertad tranquila, quiero decir

Watch at 49:58 ↗

After a correction, no commands - then 'ok'

es que después de eso no necesitan decir nada. No da mandos después de castigar. Porque

Watch at 53:24 ↗

porque si das mandos ahora han cambiado el contexto ahora es en la ventana de trabajar

Watch at 53:34 ↗

The e-collar at the first lesson: the family's own collar, the hidden button, and the voice

enseñar cómo utilizar el collar y color que le mandé el que es el mismo que

Watch at 57:36 ↗

que tu voz tenga todo el poder. Tu voz.

Watch at 58:41 ↗

tengan el collar para enseñarles a ustedes cómo utilizarlo y también para

Watch at 1:00:15 ↗

A second dog: get it now, during the program

Si es que quieren otro perrito, yo les sugiero que lo compren ya pronto cuando hagamos las sesiones con ella.

Watch at 12:30 ↗

nos aseguramos que entre ellos se conozcan bien y les enseñamos cómo mantener esta relación con

Watch at 12:36 ↗

To camera, for the family: emotions, patience, stress relief, no need to be afraid, and authority

sus emociones de Sofía están muy importantes también. Ella necesita sentir bien feliz

Watch at 13:20 ↗

Si queremos estar buenos profesores de nuestros perros, necesitamos tener mucha paciencia con ellos y construir claridad en las mentes de ellos.

Watch at 20:59 ↗

Caminar en la naturaleza ayuda mucho.

Watch at 6:45 ↗

ella y ella estaba muy interesada pero no está ladrando no está haciendo nada nada malo nada prohibido todo bien su comportamiento está mucho mejor con los perros ahora no necesitas sentir asustado a lo que ella va a hacer ahora cuando tú estás caminando con ella

Watch at 4:26 ↗

estamos caminando y ha aprendido que no puede reactar, no puede demostrar o mostrar reactividad con los otros perros o con los seres humanos pero todavía ella no ha aprendido como completamente que yo tengo autoridad y también los dueños tienen autoridad

Watch at 13:58 ↗

What comes next

con esta segunda sesión lo vamos a hacer en su casa

Watch at 36:15 ↗

El 25 a las 3 de la tarde en su casa.

Watch at 1:07:33 ↗

pero ella puede ir al parque otros lugares ahora porque está escuchando mejor no está

Watch at 30:29 ↗

hoy sí. No creo que pueda entrenar más hoy con ella. Quizás un poco, jugando. No vas

Watch at 50:57 ↗
In the family's own words

The owner's commitment when the neighbour warned him: training is the one thing he can do, and he will not give her up.

On film

Yo le dije, lo que puedo hacer es mandarle a entrenar.

Watch at 28:10 ↗

Es lo único que puedo hacer. Yo no la voy a sacar.

Watch at 28:15 ↗

What they do now when she barks at the fence: tell her to be quiet, or play with her.

On film

Cállate Sofía

Watch at 24:48 ↗

Another family dog, Benji, learned 'wait' in English.

On film

entrar, es que ella ya sabe, ella dice no, el Benji aprendió wait, y entonces ahora

Watch at 42:30 ↗

At the end of the first lesson an English-speaking voice, probably a family member, says she seems calmer.

On film

She felt a big difference though.

Watch at 56:00 ↗

Yes, she looks calmer.

Watch at 56:05 ↗

At the home lesson the family name the entrance - getting her inside - as what they need most.

On film

Eso es lo que más, la entrada.

Watch at 51:31 ↗

Outcomes

What the trainers reported

Sit 'much better'; learning well; a few more repetitions to verbal-only.

Kelton, 2026-09-10

On film

Está aprendiendo muy bien ahora.

Watch at 28:38 ↗

Un poco más de repeticiones en la próxima sesión y ya va.

Watch at 49:26 ↗

Down close to being done without pressure; three or four more repetitions.

Kelton, 2026-09-15

On film

Creo que quizás, probablemente, tres o cuatro más repeticiones y ella va a hacerlo sin ayuda.

Watch at 11:30 ↗

Heel learned very quickly; a lot of progress; a very good session.

Kelton, 2026-09-16

On film

Ella está haciendo mucho progreso.

Watch at 40:06 ↗

muy buena sesión.

Watch at 40:45 ↗

Barked at a passer-by once on a walk, corrected, and has not barked since; not aggressive to people.

Kelton at the first owner lesson, 2026-09-17

On film

yo he visto ella ladrado ella ladrado quizás una vez

Watch at 29:10 ↗

She has behaved well for the staff, and there are dogs there who are worse.

Probably Gemma, 2026-09-17 (attribution uncertain in an overlapping stretch)

On film

Sofía ella se ha comportado bien por nosotros y con, hay otros perros ahí que son peor

Watch at 41:30 ↗

She looks calmer.

An English-speaking voice, probably a family member, 2026-09-17

On film

Yes, she looks calmer.

Watch at 56:05 ↗

Calm and happy among people and children, not barking; watchful but not reactive near an unfamiliar dog.

Kelton, 2026-09-24

On film

y ella no está ladrando ni nada, no ladra, está muy calmo, muy contenta.

Watch at 0:44 ↗

Ven, está entresada, no está haciendo nada, no está reactivo.

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Her behaviour with dogs is much better; the family need not be afraid walking her; the down is much faster now.

Kelton, 2026-09-25 (said before the small-dog episode that day)

On film

ella y ella estaba muy interesada pero no está ladrando no está haciendo nada nada malo nada prohibido todo bien su comportamiento está mucho mejor con los perros ahora no necesitas sentir asustado a lo que ella va a hacer ahora cuando tú estás caminando con ella

Watch at 4:26 ↗

Y ella ha bajado mucho más rapidito ahora. Eso está progreso. Está progresando muy bien.

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Choosing better near Lexi after corrections; can go to parks and other places now because she listens better, though not perfect.

Kelton at the home lesson, 2026-09-25

On film

ahora está escogiendo mejor.

Watch at 11:18 ↗

pero ella puede ir al parque otros lugares ahora porque está escuchando mejor no está

Watch at 30:29 ↗

Recall improving a lot; learned that coming back is an obligation; has learned not to show reactivity to dogs or people, but not yet full acceptance of authority.

Kelton, 2026-09-28

On film

ya está mejorando mucho ahora regresando muy rápido

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es una obligación que ella regresa cuando yo le digo eso.

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In total control of her impulses with nine dogs about; avoided two very small barking dogs completely; a very good session.

Kelton, 2026-09-29

On film

Yo no sé si van a ver en este video, pero hay dos muy muy pequeños pequeñitos perros allá que estaban ladrando a ella a Sofía y Sofía evitaba los evitaba completamente no estaba interesada en en like launching o atacándolos

Watch at 50:51 ↗

eso eso estaba una muy buena sesión con ella. Creo que ella ha aprendido mucho.

Watch at 55:01 ↗

What the footage shows

A change of language changed her response: after little response to English, 'siéntate' produced a sit the staff called 'a lot better'.

On film

Siéntate.

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It's a lot better.

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Place held and released on 'ok', as Gemma narrates it happening; 'cama' done at home on 25 September.

On film

entonces ahorita vas a ver cuando ella la va a sacar de ese mando o de la cama

Watch at 6:31 ↗

Sí, eso sí sabes.

Watch at 43:29 ↗

Down performed after repeated cues under pressure from 15 September onward, released and praised; occasional one-cue downs on 25 and 28 September; several cues still usual on 29 September.

On film

Bájate. Bájate. Bájate. Bájate. Bájate. Bájate. Bájate. Bájate. Bájate. Okay. Muy bien hecho, Sofía.

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Sofía, bájate. Ok. Mucho mejor, gracias Sofía.

Watch at 16:02 ↗

Quiet, by the trainer's live narration, near unfamiliar dogs, people, children and cyclists on four public walks (10, 16, 24, 25 and 29 September); one corrected bad choice toward two very small dogs (25 September).

On film

Sofía no está haciendo nada, totalmente calma.

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error. Sofía, vámonos. Eso no se hace. Eso no se hace. No se hace, Sofía. Nunca.

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At home on 25 September she is walked near Lexi with the e-collar on and corrected; the dogs are not put together.

On film

ahora está mirando otra vez y mirar no hay problema con esto la mala decisión es cuando ella quiere ir a atacar.

Watch at 7:06 ↗

Ya todavía tenemos trabajo a hacer con ella.

Watch at 37:49 ↗

Asleep through part of the first owner lesson with the family present.

On film

Mira, ella se mantiene dormida.

Watch at 52:56 ↗
How it ended. Sofia is still in training.

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