Being proactive instead of reactive allows dog parents to create training and lifestyle situations that set dogs up to be successful instead of reacting when they do something we don't like. For example, if your dog takes "people food" off the coffee table, instead of yelling or punishing y...
In the above method in #4, you can use a handler with a test dog. The handler with the other dog shouldn’t look at your dog and their dogmust benonreactive. And, like all your training, the handler/test dog duo must be at a distance at which your dog isn’t reactive or stresse...
Our dog does a lot more lip licking (straight forward) around my husband than me. She’s a very licky dog in general and will gladly crazily lick your face if you lay on the floor. I wonder sometimes if the lip lick is a shorthand for a full lick with contact, the way puppies wou...
An autism dog should be trained so that they can be relied on to not be reactive to new people, other dogs, and unfamiliar sounds when out and about. A good autism dog must be obedient to basic commands such as “sit”, “down”, “stay”, and recall. 2. Temperament A good dog m...
While it's true that yeast feeds on sugar and needs it to grow, eating a diet high in carbs does not directly increase the risk of yeast infections in dogs. Here's why: If your dog does not consume enough carbs to maintain proper blood sugar levels, their body will produce sugar from...
What does this mean, exactly?It means that if you're focused on things that trigger either YOUR fears or YOUR DOG'S fears, there's a good chance your dog will start to fear those things too.Let me illustrate this with an example:...
objective observations. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a rich internal life inside every sentient being, and I can’t help wanting to know as much about it as I can. And so do most dog owners, so the more we understand about behavior, the better we can help them understand ...
If you need to weed out the avalanche of pictures of abused dogs, self-help affirmations with sparkly unicorns, dog adoption requests, Amber Alerts, game players, and non-stop adorable pictures of a white cat called Lucie, this works for those, too. Sometimes you can actually get your ...
Because I thought that way does it mean that my parents went into their worlds, and intentionally fractured, scared, and traumatized me? I don’t think they did. I don’t think anyone does that. But what my parents didn’t do is step back, look at the trajectory of their lives, thei...
My speculation is that dogs are extremely sensitive to ‘place,’ and that stay does not mean “don’t move your body,” it means “remain in the exact point in space.” I’ve come to define it that way too. If I tell my dog to Sit and Stay and he lays down, I’m perfectly ...