by Jasmine | Sep 27, 2024 | Anxiety, Stress, Training Tips
When dogs are stressed, like humans, their behavior can default into fighting, fleeing freezing, fainting, or fiddling/reactive behavior. The limbic primal portion of the brain takes over and rational decision-making lessons. So how do we tamp down the limbic system...
by Jasmine | Sep 27, 2024 | Socializing, Training Tips
All dogs, regardless of breed, practice some form of resource guarding. The two most important resources are your property and your companionship. Any new dog coming onto your property will, at the least, be viewed with suspicion by your family dog, and at the worst,...
by Jasmine | Aug 22, 2024 | Recall, Training Tips
The most critical and lifesaving skill a dog can acquire is the ability to stop whatever is distracting him and come to his owner. Unfortunately, I see too often, owners unable to recall their dogs from dangerous situations at the dog park or while leash walking. Many...
by Jasmine | Aug 22, 2024 | Food Guarding, Training Tips
Practically all of us at one time have experienced a dog resource guarding. Guarding a resource, whether food, territory, a human etc. is a natural behavior in canines. Canine guarding is used to gain priority access to that resource. Aggression i.e. the threat to...
by Jasmine | Aug 22, 2024 | Training Tips, Walking
We’ve all seen it, an owner hunched over his dog, being dragged back and forth as his dog pursues a scent, skateboarder and/or another dog etc. Some owners even get dragged onto the ground by their bigger dogs! This begs the question; how can we have both the owner...
