by Tena Parker | Jan 17, 2023 | Adolescents, Arousal, Dog Behavior, Reactivity, Training
Petting initiated, attention seeking, and arousal driven mouthiness in adult and adolescent dogs is an annoying and often painful problem! But thankfully there’s a lot that we can do to help! I had a dog staying with me once years ago who was an excellent case...
by Tena Parker | Jan 15, 2020 | Arousal, Behavior Modification, Dog Behavior, Reactivity
Not only did I care about how she behaved (can we look less like Cujo please), but I cared about how she felt. We are emotional beings and when something hard happens to us, emotion drives. Cognition or thinking is not sitting shotgun to behavior in the cab of the...