Stress is a fact of life. We all experience stress every day and must learn to develop some resilience to the life stresses we deal with and manage daily. People without the ability to handle stress cant function in our world. This is no different for dogs.
Dogs are apex predators. That means they sit on top of the food chain and dont have natural enemies for whom they are a primary food source. Dogs are the hunters, not the hunted. As such, it is normal for a dog to chase and kill smaller animals. That ...
Category: Advice
Tags: aggression, behavior, chasing, dog behavior, dog fights, dog killed sqirrel, dominance, frustration, hunting, impulse control, reactivity, squirrel
How dog trainers view dogs has changed over time, and so has our approach to dog training. Dog training used to be very harsh—today, it’s much kinder. Some even argued that dogs don’t have emotions—these days, we know better.
Category: General Information
Tags: behavior, canis familiaris, desires, dog, dogs, drives, emotions, genetics, personality, play, reactions, skills, stressors, understanding dogs
Many dogs we work with have varying degrees of anxiety and in case of certain breeds it quite disturbing to witness. Fear in dogs is the one most common challenges we are contacted for. The reasons for this fear epidemic in dogs are multifold.
Category: Behavior
Tags: anxiety in dogs, behavior, care, dog behavior, emotional systems, fear, fear and anxiety in dogs, fear in dogs, jaak pankseep, lust, panic, pankseep, play, rage, ragfe, seeking
The Layered Stress Model is a framework to understand what causes stress in dogs and, as a result, contributes to undesirable reactions. Like people, dogs can only handle so much stress per day. Once it becomes too much, they snap as any person would.
Category: General Information
Tags: behavior, dog behavior, dog care, dog health, dog training, layered stress model, layers of stress, stress, stress in dogs, stress layers, training
Do you need a dog trainer or a dog behaviorist? What’s the difference, anyway? When deciding to hire a dog professional to work on a specific challenge, its important to understand what kind to look for.
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