Flipper is a puppy very scared and worried about the people and the environment and on the first day that I put the bottle on the ground he was three meters that barked and hid behind the walls of my flower beds. Learning is an a relationship experience .
Here, Bran (border collie) helps Molly and Brick ...
To think that Bran was defined coward by someone who calls himself an expert on dog behavior and classes.
First spring sunny sunday, I meant to enjoy warmth and a book on a beach chair in my yard. Everything was ready, lemonade, book, sunglasses. Fun in 3...2...
And here we go, my neighbours had guests. The whole family was there, granparents, parents, grandchildren. And the new labrador puppy they got some months ago.
Lately, on Facebook I shared a file dealing with kids pictures. The text explained that those were not nice pictures of cute children with cute dogs. They were pictures of worried and scared dogs and unaware kids. Pictures showing potentially dangerous circumstances.
You cannot teach calm. A dog, who’s sitting or laying down motionless, is not calm.
He’s just sitting or laying down motionless. The lack of a physical reaction reassures us about his emotional control skills. He keeps sitting, laying down motionless cause he learned not to react to that specific stimulus, and obey to us. Wrong. It’s quite the opposite. The freedom to move, to interact and to react to that stimulus show the real motivations and emotions of the dog.