Lead Reactivity
Over-reacting to triggers while on the lead, lunging, barking or spinning at other dogs, people or vehicles. Usually rooted in fear or frustration rather than true aggression. Managed by keeping under threshold with distance, building focus and engagement, and counter-conditioning to the trigger.
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Equipment for reactivity: harnesses, head-collars, and why a muzzle is kind
Let me say the most important thing first, because it saves a lot of wasted money and disappointment: no piece of equipment will train your reactive dog. Gear does not cure lunging and barking, and no harness,...
The reactive-dog walking plan: distance, engagement and the U-turn
If your dog lunges, barks or growls at other dogs on the lead, you already know the feeling: the scan of the path ahead, the dropped stomach when another dog appears, the apology to a stranger while you haul your own...
Lead reactivity: why your dog lunges and barks, and what it is not
You are walking your dog. Another dog appears across the road, and in the space of a heartbeat the lead in your hand goes taut, your dog rears up on its back legs, barking and lunging, and you are left red-faced and...
Frustrated greeters vs fearful reactors: telling them apart changes everything
Two dogs are barking, lunging and straining at the end of the lead at the sight of another dog across the road. To you, to a passer-by, even to a fair few trainers, they look identical: the same noise, the same...
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