Great dog handlers know exactly how far forward to lean to put pressure on each dog with which they’re working. Let’s go back to the “stay” example. If Tulip is on a stay and starts to get up and move forward and to my left, I’ll shift to the left myself to block her path, but I’m also going to shift my body forward to block her forward motion. But the instant that she pauses, I should stop leaning forward and “take off the pressure” by leaning back again. Just as she needs to get blocked when she moves off her stay, I need to reward her for going back to it, not continue to put pressure on
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