use visual signals for space management all the time now when I’m with my dogs. Say I’ve put Tulip on a “stay,” and she starts to get up and investigate the corn bread crumbs that I’ve dropped on my kitchen floor. If she moves forward toward me and to my left, I’ll counter her with my own forward motion, stepping forward and sideways just one step into the space that she was about to occupy. I call it a “body block.” Just that move on my part is enough to stop Tulip, whose body rocks back to her original sitting position. I respond by leaning backward myself, taking the pressure off Tulip but
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