💡 Here at CSI I deal with a 𝗟𝗢𝗧 of stress related behaviour in dogs.
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💭 One of the most damaging notions I find owners hold is the following idea:
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“𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳.”
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⚠️ This age old dog training adage does have some validity - until it doesn’t - and then it can be very harmful.
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🚀 With an anxious dog, a fearful dog, a timid dog...the likelihood of contingencies resulting from this reductionist approach skyrocket.
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⛔️ 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 “𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵”.
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𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁. 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀.
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⚡️ Eventually I got switched on enough to see things differently, and my intellectual curiosity forced me understand more...and to upskill.
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?
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🧠 Well, the more complicated your dogs issues are, the greater the level of consideration you need to apply in the actions you take to meaningfully address them.
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✅ 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩.
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💵 If you own a dog that you think perhaps qualifies as ‘complicated’, then stop shopping around for trainers using bargain basement rates as your deciding factor.
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🤷‍♂️ Sorry guys, but it’s true.
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🛑 Oh, and stop looking for a solution that appears to be the easiest, or being sold on some program that seems like the least effort.
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📆 You get what you pay for ( 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵) - quality trainers aren’t going to be the cheapest, and they may not be the most readily available either.
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𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻.
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❤️ Your anxious/timid/fearful/stressed out dog will thank you and you’ll make greater progress, much faster, without creating more issues.
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✈️ My how time flies.

👁 In the blink of an eye your little pup will fast become a mature adult.
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🐕 There is much to be done in the development of a pup if you want to help your dog become the best version of herself, regardless of the outcome you are seeking.
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⚖️ Folks often seem to gravitate strongly towards either end of a spectrum - they either do very little and focus on their ‘love’ of the dog, or they get very tied up in the process of development.
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💯 Absolutely, you need to invest your heart into your dog - give them a person that they can rely on, trust, and bond with. For most this seems to be the easiest part of the equation.
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❤️ All the love in the world won’t get the work done.

🌏 Love won’t get your dog exposed to the world in a productive way.
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🙅‍♂️ Love won’t inoculate your dog to the greatest extent possible against that which it may have reason to fear.

💪 Love won’t teach your dog the skills that you will both one day rely on to help him navigate the complex and dynamic pictures that modern life presents to a dog living in suburbia.
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💡 Perhaps the greatest irony is that doing the work, the bond and understanding that you form with your dog, and between you and the dog, is that much more powerful.
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📆 The first two years is going to pass anyway, so make more than an investment of the heart.

💰Invest the necessary time and intelligent effort to create something greater - for you, and your dog.
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🙏 And thus ends today’s sermon.
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