We got there!
Meet Daisy.
When we first met, I couldn't look at her or even talk to her owner. She would lunge bark growl and even show teeth. Extremely fearful. Lack of confidence.
I've worked at building her trust. Changing her emotional response. Now we can help her owner move forward with training.
I will not come into their home and tell them what to do, if they show me signs of discomfort or aggression. I will build that trust first.
P.s! You've seen videos of how well she's doing. On this walk we had a big dog barking at us. Two men in their driveway talking and laughing. A huge ride on lawn mower. And she stayed calm! 🥰
Look at that.
Why start inside? Because if your dog is fearful outside and or extremely distracted, it would be pleasant.
Let's show them in an easy environment .
We teach leash pressure, eye contact and some clients do like the heel position.
Stay turned for part two outside.
You lost me.
A little more info :
The dog who is reacting, whether that be emotional distress or emotional hyper arousal. It's all emotional!!
Which means the back of their brain is working, which typically means no learning will take place, not much logic is going on.
The poor dog, knows what your asking and they cant give it to you. How heart breaking.
The emotional response is SO high, they can't give you what they want. The rush of hormones is too high.
Instead of feeling frustrated or angry.
Feel compassion. " Your dog isn't giving you a hard time, its having a hard time"
Exposure therapy: May work for some.. but why risk it? Why risk giving the dog more emotional stress to carry.
Correction: In what world is a negative response to emotional distress ever the answer? How does that even make sense?
Your adding fuel to the burning building.
Kindness grows confidence
Crate training
Look at her go! She would normally bolt out as soon as she could. Now look at her 😍
This "wait" command can be used for every door!
Yahoo, cocoa !
I LOVE getting videos, pictures from my clients. It makes me so happy 😊
Look at her recall 👌
Stopped sniffing, ran to mom AND went into a sit 👏
This little girl is working on not bolting out of her kennel. We gotta love her skills 👏
Look at them go! Great work! 👏👏
Smarty pants.
This smart little girl!
Working on her manners. "Get it" means play time but when we say "thank you" time to drop the toy and move on.
This is hard for them to turn off play mode and listen. Good job!! ♡
