Reactive, Unmotivated and Fearful: Finding Resiliency For This! Beyond Dog Training Part 1 #203

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Over the past couple of years, I’ve documented many challenges my dog This! and I have overcome, like reactivity, fear, resource guarding, and car sickness, to name a few behavior issues. And then, at an agility seminar here at my facility, This! fell apart. Now it’s time to put everything together. I have a two-part series outlining a timeline of This!’s struggles and what I’ve discovered to help her and any other dogs.

In the episode you'll hear:

• How This! falling apart at an agility seminar was a symptom of a larger problem.
• Why you can’t dog train something that isn’t a dog training problem.
• The origins of This!’s name and that there are no coincidences.
• What I began noticing about This!’s body mechanics early in puppyhood.
• That This! only showed true drive for activities of adrenaline like chasing.
• About the reactivity, resource guarding, car sickness, stunted growth, and joylessness experienced by This!.
• How anything involving thinking for This! led to her decompressing for hours.
• Why my only focus for This! became her joy.
• How a naturopath came into my life to help me help This!.
• About This!’s growth stall relative to her littermates.
• What agility jump grids help us notice in our agility dogs.
• This!’s immediate performance improvement after nutritional changes.

Resources:

1. YouTube Video: Normalizing Imperfection in Dog Training  - https://youtu.be/X_f1hm_XhJM
2. Podcast Episode 189: All The Things That Influence Your Dog’s Behavior And What Behavior Tells You  - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/189/
3. Podcast Episode 36: Puppy Selection: How I Do It and Why I Didn’t This! Time  - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/36/
4. *Book: The Resilience Project: Finding Happiness Through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness by Hugh van Cuylenburg  - https://geni.us/resilience-project
5. Instagram Video: Fixing Sloppy Puppy Sits  - https://www.instagram.com/p/CG_PIBdHh5s/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
6. Podcast Episode 155: 10 Ways To Teach A Sit WITHOUT A Food Lure! Unreal Results For Puppies And Dogs Of All Ages  - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/155/
7. YouTube Video: Understanding Your Dog's Reinforcement Zone (RZ) with Susan Garrett  - https://youtu.be/OaUAScgaFAg
8. Podcast Episode 174: Dopamine In Dog Training: Anticipation, Rewards, And The Transfer Of Value  - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/174/
9. Podcast Episode 66: Resource Guarding: Dog vs Dog Aggression  - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/66/
10. Podcast Episode 75: Stop Motion Sickness: Helping Your Puppy or Dog Love the Car  - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/75/
11. Podcast Episode 111: How An Anchor Dog Can Help Overcome Your Dog’s Anxiety Or Reactivity  - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/111/
12. Podcast Episode 171: Dog Training With Layered Shaping: Why Classical Conditioning Must Come First  - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/171/
13. Carolyn McIntyre Website  - http://www.mcrehabilitation.com/
14. Kim Collins Website  - http://www.pawsitivesteps.ca/index.html
15. Podcast Episode 162: Dogs Swimming: 5 Must Do Steps For Dogs Who Hate Or Love The Water  - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/162/
16. VOSM: Dr Sherman Canapp and Dr Debra Canapp  - https://vetsportsmedicine.com/
17. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube  - https://youtu.be/ph0ud1Xx9I8

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