The Mechanics Trilogy, Pt 1: Mechanics Aren't Just for Beginners

Podcast: Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training · Hannah Branigan

Opublikowano: 2026-11-03

Hannah had more to say about training mechanics than her Control Unleashed conference presentation had room for, so this episode kicks off a trilogy about mechanics. She makes the case that mechanics are not a beginner prerequisite you check off in puppy class orientation, and that paying attention to them does not make your training cold or robotic. Along the way: why the mechanics of writing are a better analogy than the mechanics of machinery, how the whole sequence from just before your marker through the reset carries information your dog is actively using, and why trying harder has...