Helping fearful dogs
If you've ever been the recipient of a suspiciously timed gift or compliment the giver may be guilty of attempting to use a 'conditioned emotional response' to affect your behavior. There are some things, objects or actions that we learn to feel a particular way about. We can't help ourselves, ice cream just makes us feel good, we see a baby smile and feel all ...
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Before a dog can begin to feel good about something it's afraid of, it first needs to stop feeling afraid of it. Sounds obvious right? It should be but people will continually expose their dog to something that scares them expecting that the dog is going to figure out that it's ok. It doesn't work that way. Many people believe that if they show their ...
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If you are dealing with a dog that is afraid of or shy with people one of your first goals is to find out what rocks their world. For an extremely scared dog it might be difficult to figure this out because they may not respond well to anything you do. With a dog like this, one of the few tricks you have up your ...
It's one thing for someone like me to say how rewarding and fulfilling it is to care for a fearful dog. It's another thing to actually live with a dog that can't interact with you or members of your family, a dog that can't go for walks outside, that races for cover at the drop of a hat (or pen or cup), a dog that ...
I say this is my last post about Cesar Millan because this blog is not about him, regardless of the benefit of the additional hits it may get me from the Dog Whisperer Ambassadors out there. It is not about trying to convince his loyal converts that he is wrong or bad. I agree with him that many dogs in America have less than stellar ...
Why the Dog Whisperer's techniques can be damaging to a dog.
We want our scared dogs to be comfortable with the things that frighten them. Counter conditioning and desensitization are all about making that happen. But we don't just want them comfortable with the things that frighten them, we want them to be perfectly giddy with joy about them. Until that happens they are at risk of becoming aggressive. Don't think that because a dog has ...
After a dog is 3-4 months old the 'socialization' window in its brain is closing. It doesn't mean that one shouldn't continue to give their dog opportunities to practice social skills or broaden their social network after that age, but a dog that didn't get 'socialized' during those early months often needs more than just exposure to the creatures, human or otherwise, it's suppose to ...
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