Category Archives: Reactivity
A nice freebie from Through a Dog’s Ear
I know I have mentioned it before, but I am a huge fan of Through A Dog’s Ear music. I think it can be a really important piece to reducing anxiety, working through fear issues, or just creating a nice … Continue reading
Ummm… who is that and what did you do with Shayne?
This past weekend was crazy busy. Success Just Clicks, Tugs by Tena, and Steel City Disc Dogs–AKA my three different identities–all went up to a fundraiser event about an hour away. Thankfully my mom volunteered to help me out since … Continue reading
Tools for Reactivity
Again, my apologies for being totally out of order, but I just realized it may have been helpful to talk about the tools I suggest for working through reactivity. I do think there are some training tools out there that … Continue reading
Cars for focus?
One thing that I was extremely remiss to talk about so far is car work (Ali Brown writes extensively about this). I like to use car work as foundational steps to generalizing behaviors and teaching pups that regardless of where … Continue reading
Bumping The Threshold pt.2
In the first Bumping the Threshold post I talked about cued behaviors–Look at that, look at me, and touch/hand target. Keeping a dog “operant” or able to think in a stressful situation is important and these type of cued behaviors … Continue reading
Do the threshold bump!
There is a distance for a reactive dog where they can see another dog and not go into total meltdown mode–this may be 15ft or this may be 150ft. They may stare or focus on the other dog but they … Continue reading
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