Northwest School of Animal Massage ~ Where the Future is in Your Hands | Nikki | Activity https://www.nwsam.com/members/larson/activity/ Activity feed for Nikki. Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:04:44 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.14.4 en-US 30 hourly 2 0082d0842f796f94804abed05d16c81c Nikki replied to the discussion (SAMFL) Activity Three: Dog Handling Observations and Discussion in the forum (SAMFL) Activity Three: Dog Handling Observations and Discussion https://www.nwsam.com/forums/topic/samfl-activity-three-dog-handling-observations-and-discussion/#post-15560 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:58:03 -0700 Reply to (SAMFL) Activity Three: Dog Handling Observations and Discussion

I watched several YouTube videos for this exercise. The first video was of how to walk a reactive dog past another dog. They showed the reactive dog (RD) lunging towards the other dog. They showed the handler pulling the dog away and forcing the dog forward. The handler seemed to want to pretend that the situation was not happening. The…

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What did you learn that was new to you? You can use your forearm behind and just above the hocks to press it into a sit. Who knew!

How did the dog respond to your approach? My dog looked at me like I was crazy when I approached to his side. I knelt beside him and asked for a sit. He did not. I used the forearm trick and it worked!

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