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How to Help Your Fearful Dog

How to Help Your Fearful Dog

Christine Durrant

Transforming Fear into Hope: A Guide to Counter Conditioning and Desensitization for Fearful Dogs Fear is a common emotion among dogs, just as it is with humans. However, for some...

How to Help Your Fearful Dog

Christine Durrant

Transforming Fear into Hope: A Guide to Counter Conditioning and Desensitization for Fearful Dogs Fear is a common emotion among dogs, just as it is with humans. However, for some...

a photograph of a black border collie sitting in the grass and a hand reaching out to them to represent teaching the dog the touch cue

Teaching Touch Hand Targeting to Your Dog

Christine Durrant

Touch is a wonderful tool for all dogs, especially fearful and/or reactive dogs. This technique involves teaching your dog to touch their nose to your hand on cue, which can...

Teaching Touch Hand Targeting to Your Dog

Christine Durrant

Touch is a wonderful tool for all dogs, especially fearful and/or reactive dogs. This technique involves teaching your dog to touch their nose to your hand on cue, which can...

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Teaching Your Dog Drop, Take & Toy Manners

Christine Durrant

Teaching your dog to drop it, take it, and have good manners with toys will serve you both very well.  These skills are helpful for promoting good behavior with objects (food,...

Teaching Your Dog Drop, Take & Toy Manners

Christine Durrant

Teaching your dog to drop it, take it, and have good manners with toys will serve you both very well.  These skills are helpful for promoting good behavior with objects (food,...

a photo of a black pug puppies face as a representative of a blog about training dogs using hand signals

Using Hand Signals in Dog Training

Christine Durrant

Using hand signals while training your dog is a great way to enhance communication and improve training results. Dogs are highly visual animals and rely on body language to understand...

Using Hand Signals in Dog Training

Christine Durrant

Using hand signals while training your dog is a great way to enhance communication and improve training results. Dogs are highly visual animals and rely on body language to understand...

a photograph of a black Labrador's face and neck with blue sky and clouds representing how to teach a dog eye contact or the "watch me" cue

Eye Contact for Fearful & Reactive Dogs

Christine Durrant

Reinforcing eye contact is a useful skill to teach your fearful and/or reactive dog. By establishing eye contact, you can build trust.

Eye Contact for Fearful & Reactive Dogs

Christine Durrant

Reinforcing eye contact is a useful skill to teach your fearful and/or reactive dog. By establishing eye contact, you can build trust.

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What Is Trigger Stacking in Dog Training?

Christine Durrant

Trigger stacking refers to the accumulative effect of multiple triggers, or stimuli, that can push a reactive dog over threshold, resulting in a reactive behavior. y identifying and managing trigger stacking,...

What Is Trigger Stacking in Dog Training?

Christine Durrant

Trigger stacking refers to the accumulative effect of multiple triggers, or stimuli, that can push a reactive dog over threshold, resulting in a reactive behavior. y identifying and managing trigger stacking,...