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How Do the Chest Touch and Collar Touch Work To...

The Chest Touch and Collar Touch Together Quick Summary Here’s what tends to happen over time when a dog walks in the S-K9 ChestCollar: walks get quieter. Not because anything...

Collar Touch in Dog Walking | The Second Contac...

The Collar Touch (previously called the Scruff Touch) is the second contact in the S-K9 ChestCollar sequence: padded pressure at the base of the neck that appears only if forward...

Chest Touch in Dog Walking | Predictive Contact...

Chest Touch can become predictive when early chest contact appears clearly and consistently enough for the dog to recognise what it signals. In the S-K9 ChestCollar system, this is not...

What Is Chest Touch in Dog Walking?

Chest Touch is an early lead contact felt at the chest, around the sternum, when the lead first draws taut during forward movement. In the S-K9 ChestCollar system, this is...

Why Contact Is Not Correction in Dog Walking & ...

Contact is not the same as correction because not all physical information arrives in the same way or at the same moment. Correction usually refers to something applied after behaviour...

Early vs Late Contact in Dog Walking & Pulling ...

Early and late contact are not the same, even when they come through the same lead. In the S-K9 ChestCollar sequence, the difference is timing. Contact that appears early in...