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Rich, what's a dog's tooth? Letterbox/ gut the hinge?

Cut the bark off the back-strap. Know where the wood is. Be able to see if it is wanting to start to fail, as you approach the back-strap, if a heavy leaner.

If bypassing, Second cut lower than the first, like a snap cut. When boring, shave off the back bark, allowing you to know clearly what is wood and what is bark on the backstrap. Bore in, moving your buried bar back to the back strap, until your the bar nose cuts through the far side...

Practice face cuts on stumps. You can get 5-10/ Stump​ probably.

Start your cut standing back from the tree more, cutting with the tip/ far end of the bar, if it helps you see better. Once started, stand back and check, then cut as usual. Are you consistent, but inaccurate (e.g. always tip down)?