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Teddy

Who Teddy is

As the trainers describe him

A big, heavy dog, described once as a German Shepherd. That is the only breed word in his file, and it is the trainer's description in passing, not a record.
On film

good boy I don't want to scare him with a big old huge German Shepherd off-leash running at him

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What's up, Ted guy? Yeah, he's a hefty boy.

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Teddy's got a fat neck

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you probably do some place on this picnic table with him because he has a bigger dog

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This is said to a store clerk, to camera and to the public repeatedly, and it is the frame of the whole program.
A hunter and a chaser: always looking for something to stalk, points at birds, strong and possessive in tug. Every hike records at least one chase.
On film

He's always looking for stuff to hunt.

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See he's got his leg up, he's pointing towards it.

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He doesn't wanna let me have it.

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See, he's like, he's trying strategies.

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Aroused rather than anxious. The one explicit temperament contrast in his file sets him against Angus: Angus is unsettled by novelty, Teddy is 'amped'. The release word alone can set him off.
On film

Teddy gets amped a good percentage of the time, but Angus gets sketched.

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You almost sent Teddy into a spasm.

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That word means fun.

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Loves water, has great endurance, and is described as sharp and quick to learn.
On film

Teddy loves water, so we'll see if he wants to go get in a little bit.

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dogs here that I'm going to bring on this walk with me are not going to be quite as durable as Teddy they're not going to have quite as much endurance so definitely gonna have to shorten the walk by a little bit

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learn so quickly teddy is a sharp sharp dog he learns quickly

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Friendly with people; the only fear on record is a store cart.
On film

He's just a handsome friendly boy.

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no jumping i get scared a little bit do you well he apparently is very scared of the cart so

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he's just a happy-go-lucky boy he really enjoys his life

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As his family describe him

There is no family.

The program, stage by stage

The March cluster: titled as an evaluation and a private lesson, audible as neither

Uploaded 2026-03-25 and 2026-03-27. Filming date unknown.

Three uploads, two recordings, and no training anyone can hear. The 'Evaluation' and 'Private Lesson #2 (pt 1)' uploads are one twenty-nine-minute file: twenty minutes of silence and then two people talking about thin slip leads - the one piece of method in it is that a thin lead lets a dog feel pressure come on and go off - and about a building being laid out. Teddy's name is never spoken in any of the three. Whose premises these are, who the lesson was for, and what the dog did in the silent minutes are all unknown.

On film

these ones work a lot better for teaching the dog pressure because they're thinner so

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right where with the thinner ones when you're walking and he's like you can add a little pressure and it backs off the pressure right because you can feel it get tight and then loosen up

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The two-part state-park hike: recall off wildlife, heel as the open problem

Uploaded 2026-04-04. Before day eight; probably the outing 'a few days ago'. Spring, with the heat arriving.

A solo trainer takes Teddy round a park he has never been to, on a flat collar with an e-collar, for about an hour and a half. The trainer's frame is that a distracting place is exactly what is wanted, because recalling a dog off wildlife is one of the hardest things. The reported highlight is a recall straight off a bird chase on the word alone, with no leash tension and no collar; a second is reported in Part 2. The collar is used twice, both times after something else failed: a 'let's go' he kept ignoring, and a down he broke under distraction that had been held on the flat collar. Downs need repeated cues with 'uh-uh' on errors. Place is found on picnic tables; a narrow surface is abandoned as too narrow for him. Heel is the real work of both halves: entries released when he stops correctly, then the trainer's account of heel as a position held for longer and longer, then lagging, then 'he's figuring it out', and a close focused on nothing but knowing where the position is. The walk also shows the logistics of the program: dogs carried one at a time in a truck bed that is getting too hot, water for dogs less durable than Teddy, the walk to be shortened for others.

On film

that's what we need recalling a dog off of wildlife is one of the hardest things

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So he was chasing a bird right there. Teddy, sit. Okay. Okay. But he recalled right off of it with no leash tension and no e-collar. So I didn't press it. He just recalled on command.

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down again this is just on the flat collar down down so i gave him some e-collar that time

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so I think of heel as like a duration exercise and they start to learn the position and then they need to stay in that position for a certain amount of time

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so he was off to chase something but you can see he recalled right off of it no problems

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Heel, heel, so I'm just trying to make sure he knows where the position is for the heel so that he can stay in it.

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Day eight: off leash, and the first real test of the recallTurning point

Session eight by the trainer's count. Uploaded 2026-04-18.

The richest recording in the file and the one that explains the method. Everything except heel is 'pretty much on lock', the trainer says, and he spends the hike proving it: a two-minute down, a long tug game Teddy wins and guards before outing on a recall, the slip lead taken off so it cannot snag, and the e-collar 'not needed yet'. Then two turns. First a blown cue at the water, which the trainer says he is glad of - it lets him clarify, and a quick outlet to play afterwards shows the dog they are 'still buds'. He states the bargain in plain words: a fulfilled, fun life with his people, on the condition that he listens, and above all to the recall, because a failed recall gets a dog hurt. Second, twenty minutes later, Teddy leaves and keeps going through repeated 'come' with 'eh eh' and 'ah ah'. The trainer turns the collar up and makes it 'very unpleasant', then makes the return warm - 'I'm not mad at you' - and names what the dog learned: running off goes badly, coming back is happy. He follows it with tone recalls. The last ten minutes are heel, still confused: pressure until Teddy finds the spot, a few steps, release, no duration because he needs more clarity, and the trainer's own name for what he is building - prediction error, a picture in the dog's mind of what heel predicts. A leash goes back on near hikers, out of courtesy.

On film

Heel command again today Because everything else is pretty much on lock.

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glad he blew me off a little bit there because it just gives me an opportunity to clarify things but then we have an easy outlet for him to go have fun again that way he can see like we're still buds

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This is the first time he's tested me on the recall. I had to turn it up and make it very unpleasant, but then get him to come back when he saw I wasn't mad at him. Good boy. I'm not mad at you.

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learning rep he learned that if he keeps going away if he decides to do that thing where he runs off from me things go badly but if he comes back to me things are happy

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So that was a good learning rep because there was pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure. As soon as he got in that spot, walked for a few steps. I didn't go for duration because obviously he needs more clarity.

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Day nine: the standard raised at the kennel door, and the first storeTurning point

Session nine; one evening, about 8.15-8.25 pm by the trainer's watch, before a store that closes at nine. Uploaded 2026-04-28, probably a week or more after filming.

The turn in this stage is not the store but the sentence before it. At his kennel Teddy is no longer throwing himself at the door, but he is still too big when the trainer walks in, and the trainer says why that now matters: he has been lenient, he personally does not mind being jumped on, but Teddy is not being trained to live with him. It is the one statement in the file of whose standard the training serves. Then Tractor Supply, ten minutes before closing, on a real errand for kennel roof covers: 'let's go' through the aisles, downs with 'uh-uh' whenever the trainer stops, sniffing the bones, greeting staff, and one fright - the cart - on the way out. In the car park the trainer runs heel entries, notes one done with no leash pressure, calls a recall lazy and loves him anyway, and closes on the next job: proofing.

On film

I've been really lenient with him in the past, but he's gotta learn to chill out when I come in here more quickly.

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I know he's just really excited to see me, but that's a thing, him jumping on people. That'll cause problems for him, because people don't like that kind of thing, unfortunately.

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no jumping i get scared a little bit do you well he apparently is very scared of the cart so

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There was no leash pressure on that one.

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We've got to proof some of your stuff though. We've got to start proofing it.

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Off camera: Lowe's, and 'ready'

The few days before 2026-04-22.

Known only from another dog's video.

On film

I've taken, over the past few days, I took Teddy, and Rufus, and Egg all to Lowe's, and they all did fantastic.

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I mean, look, Brody, Teddy, Egg, Rufus, they're all ready. They can be yours, and the other ones

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Stage

Uploaded 2026-05-12. Hot weather. After day eight (it refers to the two-minute-down videos) and after a 'home context' had begun.

The training inside it is new and hard: put him on place, throw his toy, and he must stay until released. He breaks the first rep, which the trainer predicted and calls a learning experience. On a later rep he holds and is sent to get it - and the trainer points out, with some surprise, that no collar was used; the 'uh-uh' alone did it. He breaks again, and the trainer draws the line exactly: the chase is not the problem, breaking the command to chase is. He mentions work in 'a nice home context' and promises videos of it.

On film

He has a nice condition punisher, which is uh-uh.

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We have some videos with him doing two-minute durations on downs. We're working on his impulse control. One of the things that I've started working with him on is being able to actually chuck a toy while he's in a command. Right now, I think he's going to get up. That's a learning

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place place nope teddy place good go get it get it bud get it no e-collar was used there actually that was just my voice oh that was just the uh-uh that did that

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down down ah down down no okay boy so it's not that i don't want him to chase this obviously i said he broke command to do it

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The walk with Angus: heel is still the gap

Uploaded 2026-05-13 (Teddy's microphone) and 2026-05-19 (Angus's). The last filmed Teddy occasion by every measure available.

Angus is attributed to the other handler throughout; Teddy's handler narrates. Teddy holds a down beside Angus and, by the handler's reading, looks at Angus, considers breaking, and looks back to ask permission. 'Middle' is tried for the first time. A loose local dog is chased off for the third time. Walking back, the handler says what Teddy's program has come to: sit, down, recall and place are correct, heel is what is left, and place duration will be worked in the living room. The heel reps that follow still draw 'eh', 'ah ah' and one 'Teddy, no', and the handler states the principle behind the constant commentary: tell the dog both when he is right and when he is not. The walk ends with Teddy loaded into a crate.

On film

Teddy looked at Angus, thought about getting out of the down then looked at me and was like, can I get up?

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Teddy. Middle. Teddy. Come here. Middle. I haven't taught him this one yet.

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on heel again bud just warning you because you're doing everything else correctly doing sit you're doing down. You want to recall, you're doing place. I'm going to work on your place duration in the living room.

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So I found that with dogs, it's important when you tell them they're doing good, and also when they're not doing it right.

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Skills

Recall, off leash and off wildlife

At the startNot recorded. By the first filmed hike he is recalling on the word alone off a bird chase, which the trainer counts as one of the hardest things a dog can do.
By the endFilmed: two reported chase-recalls on the first hike, a blown cue and one sustained test with the collar turned up on day eight, a lazy one on day nine.

How it was taught

Recall worked constantly through long walks in distracting places, with the collar on but held back. When the verbal cue works, nothing is added. When he blows it off in earnest, repeated cue with 'eh eh' and 'ah ah', collar turned up until he turns, then an unmistakably warm return and play. Tone recalls follow the correction. The highest-value reward is kept for recalls.

On film

So he was chasing a bird right there. Teddy, sit. Okay. Okay. But he recalled right off of it with no leash tension and no e-collar. So I didn't press it. He just recalled on command.

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and especially with the recall recall super important for him to listen to the recall because if he doesn't if he fails on a recall then the dog's gonna get hurt

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Teddy come, eh eh, Teddy come, come, ah ah, ah ah, come, Teddy come here, come here, good

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This is the first time he's tested me on the recall. I had to turn it up and make it very unpleasant, but then get him to come back when he saw I wasn't mad at him. Good boy. I'm not mad at you.

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So I'm making sure he learns the tone recall.

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so you always use the big stuff for the recalls

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teddy come come that was a lazy recall but i love you i love you

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Heel

At the startAlready the named problem at the first filmed hike.
By the endStill the named problem at the last filmed walk: 'we're gonna work on heel again ... because you're doing everything else correctly'. Individual entries praised as perfect on every outing; heel in motion still corrected throughout.

How it was taught

As two things. The entry: call him in, release the moment he stops in position, judge a good one by the absence of leash pressure. The position in motion: treated as a duration exercise, lengthened slowly from very short; the handler sets the pace; frequent releases to go and sniff between reps. On a confused rep, pressure until he finds the spot, a few steps, release, and no duration until the picture is clear. 'Uh-uh', 'eh' and 'ah ah' mark errors and 'good' marks the position, continuously.

On film

So he stopped with me that time, so I released him.

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so I just slowly lengthen the duration and at first it starts out really small and then it gets longer and longer.

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Heal. Heal. You're lagging. Come on. Heal. I don't want him to match my pace

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So that was a nice learning rep for him, because he still gets a little confused about the heel sometimes.

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Another learning rep. Right? Prediction error. He's starting to see the picture of what a heel looks like.

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He's figuring it out.

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Heel. Good. Eh. Good boy. Good job man. Eh. Hey. Hey man. Heel. Ah ah. Heel. Eh.

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Down: under distraction, for duration and at distance

At the startKnown but loose on the first hike: several 'uh-uh' errors before he holds, and a hold broken under distraction.
By the endA two-minute down on day eight; downs held through a store checkout with repeated cues; a down held beside another dog in May. Distance downs worked once, with the collar used once.

How it was taught

Repeat 'down' with 'uh-uh' on errors on the flat collar; the collar only when a hold breaks. An extra quick rep after a success 'to solidify that learning'. Duration built with a mid-hold confirmation. Distance added on day eight.

On film

Teddy down uh-uh uh-uh down he looks so smart he's holding his down very well despite distractions and I spoke too soon

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Teddy, let's try one more real quickly. See if I can solidify that learning.

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down good so I'm gonna try to go for about two minutes here

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down so I did use the e-collar there

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down don't you pee in here bro make more work for them down down good boy

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Teddy looked at Angus, thought about getting out of the down then looked at me and was like, can I get up?

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Place

At the startTaken on picnic tables on the first hike with coaxing; a narrow surface refused.
By the endGeneralised to 'all kinds of different surfaces' by the trainer's account; still needs several cues to get on in May. Duration on place is the stated next job, in the living room.

How it was taught

'Up here, place', re-cued with 'nope'; place on whatever raised surface the walk offers. On place he may move about on the object - it is not a position.

On film

Maybe it's too narrow for you, bud.

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Remember, he's on the place command, so he can walk around on the table.

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nope come here place place we've done it on all kinds of different surfaces we've done it on the picnic tables

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Impulse control: the implied stay against a thrown toy

At the startNewly begun at the showcase: 'one of the things that I've started working with him on'.
By the endOne hold in three filmed reps. The hold was produced by the verbal marker alone.

How it was taught

Place or down, throw his toy, 'uh-uh' if he starts to go, release to 'go get it' only after he holds. The chase is the reward; breaking is the error.

On film

place place nope teddy place good go get it get it bud get it no e-collar was used there actually that was just my voice oh that was just the uh-uh that did that

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down down ah down down no okay boy so it's not that i don't want him to chase this obviously i said he broke command to do it

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Greeting manners: no jumping when a person comes in

At the startEarlier leniency; by day nine no longer jumping at the door but still 'too big'.
By the endWork in progress on the only occasion it is filmed. At the store he is told 'no jumping' greeting staff.

How it was taught

'No', 'uh-uh', 'eh', 'shh', then sit, place and down, persisted until he holds.

On film

You can see he's not jumping.

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Not acting a fool, jumping all over the door and acting like a lunatic generally.

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I've been really lenient with him in the past, but he's gotta learn to chill out when I come in here more quickly.

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Public places

At the startFirst store with this trainer on day nine, by the trainer's belief.
By the endTractor Supply completed with downs and friendly greetings and one fright at a cart; Lowe's reported, not filmed.

How it was taught

A real errand as the exposure: walk the aisles on 'let's go', down whenever the handler stops.

On film

I don't think he's ever gone into a store before.

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good boy Teddy we got kennel covers bud is that scary that's scary dude what is it I don't know what the heck that is but it's noisy

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I've taken, over the past few days, I took Teddy, and Rufus, and Egg all to Lowe's, and they all did fantastic.

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Out, the release word, and play

At the startOn day eight he wins, carries and guards the tug toy and has 'strategies' for keeping it.
By the endOuts on cue after a recall; 'okay' as the release is so charged that another person saying it nearly launches him.

How it was taught

Let him win and carry, then recall, 'out', 'wait', and take delivery. Play is used as reward and as the outlet after a correction.

On film

Teddy, come. Come. Come. Teddy, come. Come here. Out. Out. Good. Good boy.

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and then his release word is okay good boy

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That word means fun.

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'Let's go', 'middle', and loading

At the start'Let's go' ignored once on the first hike and reinforced with the collar; 'middle' never taught before May; loading into truck or crate reluctant.
By the end'Let's go' used as a steering cue on the trail; 'middle' reached a few times with praise on first introduction; loading still needs help or coaxing on every filmed occasion.

How it was taught

Collar reinforcement of 'let's go' after repeated blow-offs; 'up, up' and physical help into the crate.

On film

So, I just reinforced the let's go with the e-collar.

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Teddy let's go boy I didn't want to walk through that small

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i know you can do it you're just not wanting to load up

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Need a little help?

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Recall, off leash and off wildlife

Update. The Shorts supply the start by title: on Day 1 it is said he does not know 'come' yet and stopped listening after a squirrel chase; the trainer cues a soft 'come' with 'nope' for misses and predicts recall will be easy with him.
On film

he doesn't know it he doesn't know come yet

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Come, come, nope, nope, come on, come, come, good boy

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mostly just because he wants to go out farther that makes things easy

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they'll decide not to recall when you're running up to the truck or running up to the door,

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he wasn't recalling because he was chasing after animals.

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he's just recalling and he's staying a little closer

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Out, the release word, and play

Update. The Day 1 walk gives its start: the trainer says it is the first day she is using 'okay', and that when he is unclear on the marker she encourages him afterwards. This sits beside wave 1's undated clip where play is withheld outdoors because the environment interests him more.
On film

i said okay right because this is his first day where i'm using it

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so I've been chucking that for him for like 30 40

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he wanted to play with just anything I took a little break and he was picking up all my stuff

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Greeting manners: no jumping when a person comes in

On film

so his number one issue was jumping all over people going through the door,

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A little tap, and then just made sure he didn't get out and put him back.

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Greeting manners: no jumping when a person comes in

Update. The Shorts show the start of that line by title: on 'Day 1' he rushes the door again and again, the door stays shut until he is calm and off it, and a separate clip reports him not jumping and not bursting through. On 'Day 2' he is 'very excited' to see the trainer and is told to chill out.
On film

I'll wait for him to calm down again. He's got to learn that that's not a winning strategy. He doesn't get out that way.

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But he's not trying to burst through the door.

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I know you're very excited to see me.

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Down: under distraction, for duration and at distance

Update. An undated outdoor clip has the down taking several cues and an 'All the way'.
On film

So that's his first completely verbal down, and there was no pressure used.

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and there was no pressure used. I didn't use the e-collar or the prong collar.

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Good boy. Come here. Teddy, down.

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All the way. Down.

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for rufus for teddy for erwin it's really really easy

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Out, the release word, and play

On film

see he's more interested in the environment that's why i'm not playing with him out

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Place

Update. Place used on 'Day 2' (by title) as a settle before going out, with a sit; earlier than any place in the arc.
On film

Teddy a place right here, please sit you want to go out we're gonna go out

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From the Shorts

Short clips posted from Teddy's training. They are undated, so they sit beside the program rather than inside it.

First day on the walk: recall and a new release word

On a walk titled as his first day, it is said that Teddy does not know 'come' yet and stopped listening after chasing a squirrel. The trainer calls him in with a 'come' that is 'not scary', and explains that this is the first day she is using 'okay' as his release word; when he is unsure what her marker means, she gives him lots of encouragement afterwards. She is not asking for sits on the walk yet, and predicts recall will be easy with him.

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On film

he doesn't know it he doesn't know come yet

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after he chased that squirrel uh he wasn't listening to me anymore

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teddy come but not scary

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if he's unclear still on the marker then i just give lots of encouragement afterwards

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i said okay right because this is his first day where i'm using it so he's starting to get it though

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he's gonna learn stuff on the walkies and see I'm not putting him in a sit

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oh yeah he's gonna be easy to train with the recall

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What the trainer looks for: motivation, then energy

On the same first-day walk the trainer says she worries less about how smart a dog is than about how motivated it is. She calls Teddy incredibly easy to train because he has plenty of energy and does not tire quickly, and says she has been throwing a ball on a rope for him for 30 to 40 minutes.

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On film

a lot of the time i worry less about like how smart they are and like more about how much motivation do they have

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I mean he's incredibly easy to train because yeah mostly because like he's got plenty of energy

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so he doesn't get tired out too quickly so you can do a lot with him

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I have that ball on a rope

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so I've been chucking that for him for like 30 40

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Finding his game on day one

In a play session titled as his first day, the trainer offers tug or a ball, switches to a different ball, and throws it for him with a lot of praise. She says he wanted to play with anything, and when she took a break he picked up all her things.

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On film

Oh, you wanna play tug?

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I have a different ball for you

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he wanted to play with just anything I took a little break and he was picking up all my stuff

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Around other dogs: hackles up, no fight

In the conversation on the first-day walk, one of the speakers says that Teddy raises his hackles a lot around other dogs but avoids a fight. Who said it is not clear from the recording.

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On film

You know, because we have so many that just get out.

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He raises his hair a lot, but he avoids the fight.

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The door opens only when he is calm

In the clips titled as his first day ('his starting point'), Teddy keeps rushing a door and each rush gets a 'Nope'. The trainer explains that he will wait until Teddy calms down and moves off the door before trying to open it, so that rushing stops working. In another clip the trainer reports that Teddy is no longer jumping or trying to burst through the door, 'a big thing he's been working on'.

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On film

Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. No, sir. No.

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I'm just gonna wait until he chills out and gets away from the door.

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I'll wait for him to calm down again. He's got to learn that that's not a winning strategy. He doesn't get out that way.

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Now, as soon as he gets off the door, I'll try to open it again.

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He's not jumping.

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But he's not trying to burst through the door.

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Obviously, this is a big thing he's been working on.

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His first down on the word alone

In a clip titled Day 4, Teddy lies down after three 'Teddy, down' cues, and the trainer says it is his first completely verbal down, with no pressure: neither the e-collar nor the prong collar was used. The trainer does it inside on purpose, so the cue carries over to a new place. An outdoor clip shows the down still taking several asks ('All the way. Down.').

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On film

We'll do one more command in here, just so it generalizes to inside.

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So that's his first completely verbal down, and there was no pressure used.

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I didn't use the e-collar or the prong collar.

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All the way. Down.

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Early days: settle first

In the clips titled Day 2, Teddy is very excited to see the trainer and is asked to 'chill out' before a come and a sit; before going out he is asked to sit and go to his place; when he goes to bite something he gets a 'No' and a sit until he settles.

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On film

I know you're very excited to see me.

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Chill out.

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Teddy a place right here, please sit you want to go out we're gonna go out

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You're gonna bite it

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No, no, no sit

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There we go, you're good now

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Why no play out here

At the end of one outdoor session the trainer says Teddy is more interested in his surroundings than in play, and that is why he is not playing with him there.

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On film

see he's more interested in the environment that's why i'm not playing with him out out here.

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How the method adapted

Teddy is not a fear case, not a bite case and not a family's dog. The adaptations below are the ones the trainers make aloud; most of them follow from those facts.

For a chaser, recall was the non-negotiable, and its first real failure was answered hard and then repaired immediately.

Stated as safety: a failed recall gets the dog hurt. The correction had to matter, and the return had to be happy so he would not fear coming back. The repair is play, straight away, so he sees they are still friends.

On film

and especially with the recall recall super important for him to listen to the recall because if he doesn't if he fails on a recall then the dog's gonna get hurt

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This is the first time he's tested me on the recall. I had to turn it up and make it very unpleasant, but then get him to come back when he saw I wasn't mad at him. Good boy. I'm not mad at you.

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glad he blew me off a little bit there because it just gives me an opportunity to clarify things but then we have an easy outlet for him to go have fun again that way he can see like we're still buds

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His own currency - the toy and the chase - was used first as the reward and then turned into the thing he is proofed against.

Tug and fetch are 'the big stuff' for recalls on day eight. By the showcase, the thrown toy is the temptation the implied stay must survive, and the chase is permitted only after release.

On film

so you always use the big stuff for the recalls

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down down ah down down no okay boy so it's not that i don't want him to chase this obviously i said he broke command to do it

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The e-collar was layered on only after the flat collar or voice had failed, and the trainer singled out the reps where nothing but the voice was needed.

Not stated as a rule, but the pattern is consistent across three recordings: 'this is just on the flat collar' before a collar correction; a recall off a bird 'with no leash tension and no e-collar'; the implied stay held on 'just the uh-uh'. The conditioned marker is doing the collar's job by May.

On film

down again this is just on the flat collar down down so i gave him some e-collar that time

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although at this point I don't really need any collars except for the e-collar just to reinforce if I need to but clearly I haven't needed to use it yet

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place place nope teddy place good go get it get it bud get it no e-collar was used there actually that was just my voice oh that was just the uh-uh that did that

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Heel got clarity before duration, because he was still confused about the picture.

Duration on a position the dog does not yet understand only adds confusion; first a few correct steps and a release, so the picture of what heel predicts can form.

On film

So that was a good learning rep because there was pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure. As soon as he got in that spot, walked for a few steps. I didn't go for duration because obviously he needs more clarity.

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You want the picture in the dog's mind of what heel predicts, what it means, where he's supposed to be, to be correct.

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Session length was set by his endurance - and explicitly not copied to the next dog.

Teddy managed an hour and a half or more without water; the trainer says that would be too much for other dogs he trains and plans shorter walks and a water bottle for them.

On film

we won't get water until we get back to the truck which for teddy that's not a big deal but for some of the dogs we train this might be too much

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dogs here that I'm going to bring on this walk with me are not going to be quite as durable as Teddy they're not going to have quite as much endurance so definitely gonna have to shorten the walk by a little bit

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Off-leash freedom was granted early and taken back for the public, not for the dog.

He was leashed for park rules and near hikers even though the trainer judged him fine, so a large dog running loose would not frighten anyone.

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And Teddy here would be totally fine to walk without the leash at all, but I want to be respectful of the laws here.

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Yeah, we do. Even though he'd be fine, I'm gonna put him on a leash just to be respectful.

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What the family was told

What he can do (the pitch)

he loves to play he's got a lot of energy but he's completely off leash you can take him for off leash hikes in the woods take him for off leash hikes

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really like a loving dog he gets along great with other dogs

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incredibly adorable and cute his training has gone splendidly he's getting better and better

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The house rules he would bring with him

he knows to drop it if i say out

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and then his release word is okay good boy

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He has a nice condition punisher, which is uh-uh.

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he has e-collar trained.

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Outcomes

What the trainers reported

Everything but heel 'pretty much on lock' by session eight.

The hike trainer, day eight

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Heel command again today Because everything else is pretty much on lock.

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Trusted on off-leash hikes in eight sessions - offered as typical of 'a very, very great many of dogs'.

The hike trainer, day eight

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So in eight days, a very, very great many of dogs, we can just do this. We can trust each other and go out on hikes.

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Off leash in five days.

Egg's trainer, in Egg's walk (uploaded 2026-04-11)

On film

teddy was five days egg's probably going to end up being more like six or seven sessions

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His obedience getting really good; did 'so good' at his first store.

The day-nine trainer

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good his obedience is getting really good

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He did so good at tractor supply

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Completely off leash, good with other dogs, training 'gone splendidly'.

On film

he loves to play he's got a lot of energy but he's completely off leash you

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really like a loving dog he gets along great with other dogs

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Sit, down, recall and place all correct by mid-May; heel the one remaining gap.

Teddy's handler on the Angus walk

On film

on heel again bud just warning you because you're doing everything else correctly doing sit you're doing down. You want to recall, you're doing place.

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What the footage shows

Recall under real temptation, several times, by the trainer's live report: off a bird on the first hike on the word alone, off a chase again in Part 2, and back after a sustained run-off on day eight once the collar was turned up.

On film

So he was chasing a bird right there. Teddy, sit. Okay. Okay. But he recalled right off of it with no leash tension and no e-collar. So I didn't press it. He just recalled on command.

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so he was off to chase something but you can see he recalled right off of it no problems

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boy, I'm sure he decided to test me huh

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Heel was not finished on any filmed occasion. From the first hike to the last walk it is the command still being corrected, with 'uh-uh', 'eh', 'ah ah' and 'no' around individual good reps.

On film

Heal. Heal. You're lagging. Come on. Heal. I don't want him to match my pace

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Teddy, no.

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The implied stay against a thrown toy held once in three filmed reps, and the hold came from the verbal marker alone.

On film

place place nope teddy place good go get it get it bud get it no e-collar was used there actually that was just my voice oh that was just the uh-uh that did that

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A store visit completed: downs held through a long checkout with repeated cues, friendly greetings, no accident, one fright at a cart.

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no jumping i get scared a little bit do you well he apparently is very scared of the cart so

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Greeting manners at the kennel were improved but not fixed on day nine: he is described as no longer jumping at the door and in the same minute as 'too big' and 'rowdy'.

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You can see he's not jumping.

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rowdy boy no down no no teddy down down good lord he's just a happy-go-lucky boy he really

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Another dog present, once, and it is a trainee on leash: Teddy holds a down beside Angus. The pitch's 'gets along great with other dogs' has no other footage behind it; the loose local dog's approach is dealt with by the humans and Teddy's reaction to it is not described.

On film

Teddy looked at Angus, thought about getting out of the down then looked at me and was like, can I get up?

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The ideas Teddy's case runs on