Sissi, a rescue pitbull who got adopted by a friend of ours.
All her story in this VIDEO
Control isn't a good or a bad thing, per se. We need to analyze the context in order to get its meaning in that very situation. And once we get it, we have to respond properly. To prevent the dog to control things, or even people, in such a stressful situation wouldn't help the dog, nor its trust and bonding.
Some elements are easily recognizible even for us: a puppy and an adult dog smell different, females change smell depending on their reproductive cycle, emotions interfere with the individual smell. It’s also obvious that olfactory explorations are longer and more intense towards neutered male dogs. My opinion is that there is a doubt. A male is a male, a female is a female and a neutered dog is…
Christmas is coming. I still need to figure out what gifts to purchase for some friends, and it's not that easy. I wonder how tough that was for my parents, as I've spent over than 15 years bugging them to get me a dog. I asked for it at every birthday, Christmas, good mark and even on totally random days, of course.
Yago has changed a lot since we started the clicker training: he asks, polemizes, refuses, appreciates, begs, steals…
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