Thats why she said she did it in such a silly happy voice- so its even more of a fun thing to do. She said, of course in a fire, the stress level is so high the dogs are confused, but this use to work... It was like the dogs learned to quickly follow her whereever. She would tell everyone of her classes this training lessons. I never heard of it being up to use, but if nothing else people and dogs knew what to do.