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Find what motivates your dog and use this while teaching.
Victoria Stilwell • Train Your Dog Positively: Understand Your Dog and Solve Common Behavior Problems Including Separation Anxiety, Excessive Barking, Aggression, Housetraining, Leash Pulling, and More!
multimotivators, such as a food/toy/praise combination.
Victoria Stilwell • Train Your Dog Positively: Understand Your Dog and Solve Common Behavior Problems Including Separation Anxiety, Excessive Barking, Aggression, Housetraining, Leash Pulling, and More!
all of them were fed through activity toys at mealtimes rather than just from their bowls.
Victoria Stilwell • Train Your Dog Positively: Understand Your Dog and Solve Common Behavior Problems Including Separation Anxiety, Excessive Barking, Aggression, Housetraining, Leash Pulling, and More!

Controlled exercise is also a great way to alleviate stress and fear both for dogs and people,
Victoria Stilwell • Train Your Dog Positively: Understand Your Dog and Solve Common Behavior Problems Including Separation Anxiety, Excessive Barking, Aggression, Housetraining, Leash Pulling, and More!
Canine Noise Phobia Series, which pairs psycho-acoustic music and sound effects with a behavioral protocol designed to help a dog overcome sensitivities to certain sounds
Victoria Stilwell • Train Your Dog Positively: Understand Your Dog and Solve Common Behavior Problems Including Separation Anxiety, Excessive Barking, Aggression, Housetraining, Leash Pulling, and More!
Once you know why, then you can ask yourself HOW to treat the behavior.
Victoria Stilwell • Train Your Dog Positively: Understand Your Dog and Solve Common Behavior Problems Including Separation Anxiety, Excessive Barking, Aggression, Housetraining, Leash Pulling, and More!
I’m a great believer in allowing dogs to satisfy their instinctive needs if appropriate, but having the behavior occur on cue means I can safely control Jasmine in any environment.
Victoria Stilwell • Train Your Dog Positively: Understand Your Dog and Solve Common Behavior Problems Including Separation Anxiety, Excessive Barking, Aggression, Housetraining, Leash Pulling, and More!
However, just because a particular behavior has been suppressed does not mean that the behavior has improved.