Michael Ritland

That's, you know, for dogs that are bred that way, that's their kind of highest level of reward is being able to bite, which is why you probably ran into dogs that get really amped up when guys are stacked on a door and they're barking and fucking spinning.

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Yeah. Well, it's like a pressure cooker, right? Yeah. So it's the best way to think of their mind in that environment is like a pressure cooker. And if you use a scale of, say, 0 to 10, where once it hits 11, it explodes. And that's when the dog is redirecting to the handler, to a good guy itself.

Yeah. Well, it's like a pressure cooker, right? Yeah. So it's the best way to think of their mind in that environment is like a pressure cooker. And if you use a scale of, say, 0 to 10, where once it hits 11, it explodes. And that's when the dog is redirecting to the handler, to a good guy itself.

Yeah. Well, it's like a pressure cooker, right? Yeah. So it's the best way to think of their mind in that environment is like a pressure cooker. And if you use a scale of, say, 0 to 10, where once it hits 11, it explodes. And that's when the dog is redirecting to the handler, to a good guy itself.

Like, I've seen dogs that get so amped up and they're out of reach of anybody, they'll turn around and bite their own fucking leg. They're so wound up. But so in that environment, number one is you have to realize that that when the when the dog's mind is at that level, you're not going to reach it very easily through punishment.

Like, I've seen dogs that get so amped up and they're out of reach of anybody, they'll turn around and bite their own fucking leg. They're so wound up. But so in that environment, number one is you have to realize that that when the when the dog's mind is at that level, you're not going to reach it very easily through punishment.

Like, I've seen dogs that get so amped up and they're out of reach of anybody, they'll turn around and bite their own fucking leg. They're so wound up. But so in that environment, number one is you have to realize that that when the when the dog's mind is at that level, you're not going to reach it very easily through punishment.

And unfortunately, that's what what most people and trainers and handlers do is, you know, OK, we're stacked on a door. The dog's in the back. This context, the dog seen, you know, 500 times. And in every instance, he's gone in and bitten somebody. So. The one thing I tell everybody all the time is dogs don't think in a language, right? Which is hard to wrap your mind around. Makes sense.

And unfortunately, that's what what most people and trainers and handlers do is, you know, OK, we're stacked on a door. The dog's in the back. This context, the dog seen, you know, 500 times. And in every instance, he's gone in and bitten somebody. So. The one thing I tell everybody all the time is dogs don't think in a language, right? Which is hard to wrap your mind around. Makes sense.

And unfortunately, that's what what most people and trainers and handlers do is, you know, OK, we're stacked on a door. The dog's in the back. This context, the dog seen, you know, 500 times. And in every instance, he's gone in and bitten somebody. So. The one thing I tell everybody all the time is dogs don't think in a language, right? Which is hard to wrap your mind around. Makes sense.

We, you know, think in a language, dream in a language, talk shit about the guy that you're behind at Lowe's in a language. But so with them, everything is an A plus B equals C, very simple association. And so the problem with that context is that it's always, you know, A is stacking on the door plus B, you know, going in equals C, you get a bite.

We, you know, think in a language, dream in a language, talk shit about the guy that you're behind at Lowe's in a language. But so with them, everything is an A plus B equals C, very simple association. And so the problem with that context is that it's always, you know, A is stacking on the door plus B, you know, going in equals C, you get a bite.

We, you know, think in a language, dream in a language, talk shit about the guy that you're behind at Lowe's in a language. But so with them, everything is an A plus B equals C, very simple association. And so the problem with that context is that it's always, you know, A is stacking on the door plus B, you know, going in equals C, you get a bite.

And so when you've done that enough times to where that formula in the dog's mind creates a pattern where the presence of A is equals the anticipation of C, that's when it's a conditioned response on a problem. If C is an undesirable behavior, which in this case it is.

And so when you've done that enough times to where that formula in the dog's mind creates a pattern where the presence of A is equals the anticipation of C, that's when it's a conditioned response on a problem. If C is an undesirable behavior, which in this case it is.

And so when you've done that enough times to where that formula in the dog's mind creates a pattern where the presence of A is equals the anticipation of C, that's when it's a conditioned response on a problem. If C is an undesirable behavior, which in this case it is.

So the key, and I'm not going to say it's easy, but it's very simple, is you need to make A plus B not equal C enough times to where the dog questions it.