What is 2+2?

Published over 1 year ago • 1 min read

If I asked you "What is 2+2?", you could probably tell me. You probably don't have to think hard before answering, even if you were busy or stressed. Even in a difficult situation, you likely know the answer.

Why can you so easily recall the answer to 2+2? Because you did many repetitions on a daily basis for a long time. And once you knew it, other skills were built upon that skill. It became routine.

This is what we need for our dogs!

With dogs who struggle with fighting in the home or with reactivity, we often focus on training those situations. The challenge though is that we end up asking them to learn in stressful situations, when memory and concentration abilities are compromised.

The key to helping our dogs is to make the skills they need to cope with the world as simple as 2+2. For dogs who fight, let's make moving away from excitement a part of daily routine. For leash reactive dogs, let's make relaxing and thinking near exciting things a part of daily routine.

This is what we focus on during my Deep Dives. My current Leash Reactivity group is having great success! I couldn't be prouder of all of the teams in the group!! And we are having so much fun =) A Deep Dive focusing on dogs who fight in the home opens on Thursday!

Cookie Challenge Update

Riker's second lesson has new been posted in the group!

If you have a reactive dog or dogs that fight in the home, this challenge will help you build a relationship with your dog where they can show patience, impulse control, self control... (or whatever you want to call it).

Dogs who learn to offer calm behaviours around exciting things have better foundations so we can train the hard stuff!

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One more thing!

Don't forget the Free Webinar this Thursday at 4:30 PM PST! It's going to be fun and informative. After the webinar, the Peace at Home - Deep Dive opens for registration and those who sign up in the first 48 hours recieve a special bonus!

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