Pawsitive Behavior

18/11/2025

17/11/2025

Animal cruelty is wrong.

If you feel the urge to argue against that statement, that's something you should examine.

14/11/2025

13/11/2025

🚨 Red alert 🚨

12/11/2025

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So many owners have been bamboozled by continuous fear-based, illogical, propaganda messaging to the point that they’re paralyzed from taking common sense action to resolve their dog’s behavior issues.

Let’s explore.

A dog appears on your walk. Nothing happens initially. Then your reactive dog stares, barks, lunges at the dog—you correct them. The reactivity stops. The trigger dog was there before, and after the correction. Only one thing started, stopped, controlled the correction… your dog’s behavior towards the other dog. Therefore the presence of the dog doesn’t predict, control, impact the consequence, and thus no negative association with the dog is created… but one is created with the reactivity.

Your dog jumps on a guest. You correct them for the jumping. The jumping stops. The guest was there before, and after the correction. Only one thing started, stopped, controlled the correction… your dog’s behavior towards the guest. Therefore the presence of the guest doesn’t predict, control, impact the consequence, and thus no negative association with the guest is created… but one is created with the jumping.

Same with your dog barking, growling at a child. You correct the dog for the unhealthy behavior towards the child. The barking, growling stops. The child was there before and after the correction. Only one thing started, stopped, controlled the correction… your dog’s behavior towards the child. Therefore the presence of the child doesn’t predict, control, impact the consequence, and thus no negative association with the child is created… but one is created with the barking, growling towards them.

Or your dog is barking in the crate. You correct them with an e-collar. The unwanted behavior stops. The dog was in the crate before and after the correction occurred. So it’s not being in the crate that started, stopped, controlled/predicted the correction, it was only the dog’s behavior (barking) while in the crate. Thus the barking is what the negative association is connected to not the crate.

Your dog is smart. It’s looking for ONLY what predicts and controls the consequence. And they gain clarity in that regard by experiencing repeatedly that it is only THEIR behavior that starts, stops, avoids the consequence… not the mere presence of the trigger. And thus they gain clarity that it is THEIR behavior that the negative association is associated with.

12/11/2025

Meet Diesel, a gentle Rottweiler who’s been waiting far too long for his forever home. For over two years, he’s sat patiently behind the glass at a rescue in Georgia, watching other dogs come and go — tails wagging as they head off to new families.

Every time someone walks by his kennel, his eyes light up with hope… but then they move on, judging him by his strong build and serious face. What they don’t see is the sweetheart inside — the dog who loves belly rubs, leans in for cuddles, and just wants a human to call his own.

Diesel isn’t “scary.” He’s misunderstood. And he deserves the same chance at love that every dog gets. 💔🐾

If you’ve ever believed in second chances — Diesel’s been waiting for his.