Interactive tool · Two moments, one useful question
Compare two moments.
Two recordings can look different for several reasons at once. Put the request, surroundings, assistance and response beside each other before deciding what the difference means. Use this workbench with our films, a full session or the practice you have agreed with your trainer.
Choose the question before choosing the clips.
You might compare the same request in two places, an exchange before and after a handler change, or what follows a release for two different dogs. Keep the scope small: one exchange in each recording, with its setup and continuation.
- Record each moment separately. Use the original recording’s clock, even if you found it through a shorter film.
- Describe the conditions. Include equipment and visible assistance. A change of dog, person or place is part of the comparison.
- Keep the response in order. Repeated requests, pauses and the ending belong in your notes.
- Write a question the recordings leave open. The workbench organises your observations; it does not score progress or identify a cause.
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Put two moments beside each other.
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Two dogs. Different ways to keep the exchange going.
Rocko: release into exploration.
At 6:50 in Rocko’s original outdoor recording, follow the recall, repeated sit requests, release and trainer’s explanation through 7:15.6. The sequence includes the requests that came before the release. It is not evidence of a perfect response to the first cue.
Pepper: the trainer joins the game.
At 5:43 in Pepper’s September 9 recording, follow the sitting setup, spoken invitation and the trainer’s active play through 6:00.8. The toy, handler movement and Pepper’s return to interaction are part of the exchange. This selected passage is not presented as a clean thrown retrieve.
These are different dogs and different recordings. The comparison helps you notice the payoff around participation; it cannot tell you that one reward is better for every dog. The original recordings let you inspect what comes before and after the selected exchanges. Explore play and participation for the wider teaching context.
Leave with a question you can use.
Ask what your trainer wants you to notice in your dog’s participation, which reward or release fits the exercise, and how they want you to respond if the exchange changes. Keep agreed practice instructions in your practice note; this comparison records what you observed.
For one moment in greater detail, use the observation notebook. For interpretation, read Compare training moments fairly. If you started from an edited story, follow the film back to the original session. Find all of these in the complete Academy resource library.