Monthly Archives: March 2009

The Foundation Skills

By |2009-03-07T20:39:58-05:00March 7th, 2009|Categories: Helping fearful dogs|

In order to help a scared dog, and this is true whether the dog is scared and freezes up, flees or becomes aggressive, you must have an understanding of these concepts. Fortunately they don't require a degree in rocket science. Counter conditioning-by pairing something a dog feels good about, with something it doesn't feel so good about you can change how the dog feels about ...

Energy Wise

By |2009-03-06T20:31:04-05:00March 6th, 2009|Categories: Helping fearful dogs|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

While I agree that our own energy has an affect on our dogs, I do find the focus on an owner's energy to be at times confusing or just plain useless when it comes to training dogs. In Cesar's Way owners are encouraged to imitate people like Cleopatra, John Wayne and Oprah. Huh? Now while some people out there might think they know what Millan ...

Get Over It Already!

By |2009-03-04T13:00:39-05:00March 4th, 2009|Categories: Medications for fearful dogs|

Sunny Even though I had lived with dogs all my life, and worked in dog rescue for many years, when I got my seriously damaged dog Sunny I had not yet worked with a dog that due to lack of early socialization and/or genetic make-up, could not interact with people at all. I was unable to fathom the idea that he was not ...

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