10/14/2026
REACTIVITY SET-UPS.
1. Stage the environment in a parking lot, or an equally open space.
2. Position your stranger-dogs at a distance in a down-stay. (Down-stay is optional, however it does make it easier for your reactive dog if this is their first reactivity set-up.)
3. Walk your reactive dogs in heel position around the stranger-dogs. Correct creeper-staring with, “Uh uh,” and then low-ish stimulation on the EZ educator e-collar.
No staring more than one second. If your dog escalates to vocalization, your response time is too slow.
4. Next, position both parties to pass the other. Lead with the stranger dogs and weave back-and-forth throughout the open space. This provides are many opportunities to look and look away.
Repeat, repeat, repeat until all parties are minding their own business.