04/07/2026
This is a looonnnnggg video y’all.
The purpose of showing this in its entirety is to tell you one thing… SLOW DOWN. My biggest piece of training advice is just that, Slow everything down.
This is raw footage of me unloading 7 dogs to take them out for a pack hike. This is the first time I’ve taken this many at once. And there is a lot going on here that I’m not going to unpack. I’ll just say I know these dogs & their skill levels pretty dang well.
I get a lot of questions about how do you control that many dogs at one time & the answer (as kooky as it might sound) is with my energy. I’m calm & it’s a concerted effort to be calm. I don’t (most of the time🤪) overreact.
So… slow down, breathe, walk slower, be intentional. Your dog will get more from slowing down than they will from 5 hours of running full tilt.
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