Training & Behavior · Dogs
The Collar-Grab and Restraint Confidence Game
Safety First for Little Pups
One day you'll have to grab your dog — fast — and it should feel like winning the lottery. 12 modules on the restraint reflex, the Lottery Collar game, gentle steering, the vet-style body hug, lifting and carrying, emergency freezes, doorway body blocks, the two-person pass, mid-play grabs, the surprise hug, and repairing trust after a life-saving yank.
About this course
A hand coming down on a puppy's neck looks, to the puppy, like a predator. Unconditioned, that reflex produces the thrash or the snap that gets labelled 'aggression' — and it shows up at the worst moment, when a car is coming or the vet tech reaches in. This course rewrites the script with a game: touch the collar, pay in chicken, repeat until a grab predicts a jackpot. From there it builds everything a safe adult dog needs — yielding to fingertip steering, accepting a vet-style body hug on a lick mat, being lifted, being stopped mid-walk, being body-blocked at a door, being handled by a stranger, being grabbed mid-zoomies, being hugged by a child — and ends with the honest chapter: the life-saving yank is coming someday, and the trust bank you built decides what it costs.
What you'll learn
- Why sudden overhead grabs trigger a defensive reflex, and how to turn grabs into predictors of food
- The Lottery Collar game: ultra-short micro-grabs, instant high-value payout, duration faded up over sessions
- The gentle steer (collar pressure means 'look here'), the vet-style body hug on a lick mat, and the two-hand lift
- Emergency freezes on walks, doorway body blocks, and the two-person 'ping-pong pass' for universal handling trust
- The mid-play grab for aroused puppies and the slow-encirclement 'surprise hug' game
- Emergency evasion: why the yank is sometimes necessary, and the immediate trust repair afterwards
Course outline (12 modules)
Quiz & Certificate
Knowledge quiz
After completing all lessons, take a short quiz to test your understanding.
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$9.99 · Lifetime access · 12 lessons