As someone who has become increasingly fearful of heights for unknown reasons, I think I need to incorporate some gradual exposure training into my own regimen as well. Two of my former dogs certainly benefited from it!
Such a nice post about relating fear in humans to fear in dogs. I recently posted about the tragic consequences of when well-meaning rescuers come across a loose / stray dog that has a skittish, fearful temperament. People will often do things like call the dog, clap their hands, whiste at the dog, and even go after and try to catch the dog, only to cause the dog to bolt and run, sometimes into traffic. There needs to be more education on how to instead CALM and ATTRACT a panicked dog to come to you. My post contains information on how to do that and I hope you're OK with me posting this here with a link to that post. Thank you Ula for loving and writing about our favorite subject--DOGS! https://armedrobbers2airedales.substack.com/p/do-not-call-a-loose-stray-dog
As someone who has become increasingly fearful of heights for unknown reasons, I think I need to incorporate some gradual exposure training into my own regimen as well. Two of my former dogs certainly benefited from it!
Such a nice post about relating fear in humans to fear in dogs. I recently posted about the tragic consequences of when well-meaning rescuers come across a loose / stray dog that has a skittish, fearful temperament. People will often do things like call the dog, clap their hands, whiste at the dog, and even go after and try to catch the dog, only to cause the dog to bolt and run, sometimes into traffic. There needs to be more education on how to instead CALM and ATTRACT a panicked dog to come to you. My post contains information on how to do that and I hope you're OK with me posting this here with a link to that post. Thank you Ula for loving and writing about our favorite subject--DOGS! https://armedrobbers2airedales.substack.com/p/do-not-call-a-loose-stray-dog