'Fulfilling your Dog's Potential': Changing Dimensions of Power in Dog Training Cultures in the UK

This article explores the workings of power in dog training cultures through an analysis UK manuals from mid-19th century to present. We focus on gundog and companion cultures, investigating dog-human relations they assume, changing conceptions human-animal represent, inequalities which are embedded. Rather than thinking about practices terms a shift dominance positive training, or instrumental affective relations, we argue that reveal how inter-species conceptualised reproduced range historical periods cultural spaces. suggest can be distinguished by contrasting understandings dogs as: (1) rational, beings, (2) instinctive creatures, (3) autonomous active agents as well gender, class, race species structuring spaces Furthermore, modalities characterise favour different groups human actors rather dogs, even based partnership ‘dog centred’. Our shows lived thought training.