That moment looks small, and it's easy to file under "nice trick." But what you're really watching is a dog making a choice to connect, and that choice is the ground floor of everything else. The Auto Check-In is where two-way communication begins: your dog learns they can ask you a question, and learns that you'll always have an answer worth hearing. From there, a real relationship has somewhere to grow.
This Relationship Centered Training technique also teaches something dogs are rarely given credit for being able to do. By checking in, a dog begins to notice their own state and to reach for you when things get big, rather than waiting to be managed through every moment. That's self-regulation, and it's the difference between a dog who is managed and a dog who is a genuine partner.
Bonus: the Auto Check-in is easy to teach!
Once your dog knows the skill, the check-in becomes a kind of arousal-o-meter you can read in real time:
When you know where the dog is on the arousal scale, you make better decisions for and with your dog. Eliminate the frustration of trying to train a dog who can tell you clearly, “I am not in the TLZ.” Enjoy the benefits of a dog who has new options, including a way to ask you, “What do you think? Did you see that? What are we going to do about that?”
Whether you're raising a puppy, welcoming a new adoptee or foster, navigating adolescence, developing a performance dog, or supporting a worried or reactive dog learning to regulate and trust again, the Auto Check-In is the cornerstone on which the whole relationship builds. Any dog, any age, any stage.
If you are struggling with a distraction, reactivity, impulsivity, disconnect, performance or behavior problems, the Auto Check-in helps build and repair the two-way street of communication between dog and handler.
Join us and find out why so many trainers view Suzanne Clothier’s Auto Check-in a must-have technique for all dogs and handlers.
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