 Barked: Thu Dec 6, '12 7:36pm PST |
 | |  | | Cooper, you might want to train a default check-in. I find that Smokey will hit the end of the leash more and forget to look at me when he's upset. So if there's no long stare, ears up, staccato tail, weight forward, tense face, etc, you can keep tabs on his internal state that way. It's hard to get distracted and ignore your dog when he's trying to make eye contact with you every 30 seconds, which I certainly find helpful. It also really does help to do a couple sessions with a positive-only trainer who is comfortable with reactivity and aggression. I like to think of myself as non-oblivious, but this week ours pointed out that my dog's tail moved from over his back to all the way down, flush with his butt during the course of a session. DERP, how have I been completely ignoring his tail height for three months?? |  |  | |  |
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