Comments on: Dog Training: Where’s the Danger? An advanced exercise http://www.naturaldogblog.com/blog/2008/02/dog-training-wheres-the-danger-an-advanced-exercise/ harness your dog's prey instinct and have the happiest dog on the block Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:22:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Angelique Lee http://www.naturaldogblog.com/blog/2008/02/dog-training-wheres-the-danger-an-advanced-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-1389 Angelique Lee Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:02:50 +0000 http://www.naturaldogblog.com/blog/2008/02/dog-training-wheres-the-danger-an-advanced-exercise/#comment-1389 Neil, I articulated some background on the vet incident here: http://lostindog.blogspot.com/ Neil, I articulated some background on the vet incident here: http://lostindog.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Angelique Lee http://www.naturaldogblog.com/blog/2008/02/dog-training-wheres-the-danger-an-advanced-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-1388 Angelique Lee Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:56:15 +0000 http://www.naturaldogblog.com/blog/2008/02/dog-training-wheres-the-danger-an-advanced-exercise/#comment-1388 Neil, I'm mulling both of these lessons over. I've started having some issues with Stevie that I thought we were well on our way to resolving. The trigger was a vet visit that did not go smoothly. He's back to his old "want to make contact, feel like I'm falling" scenario of growling at people after he's initiated contact. I think we need to back up and review all of our lessons and make sure that foundation is solid before we take on the predator lessons. Would you please articulate again for me how engaging in this exercise will help him? My underlying fear is that it may make him more suspicious of people. Are you saying that this kind of exercise will broaden his range of experience and sensation so that everything on his predator scale gets adjusted down a bit to less threatening relative to this new experience I'll be giving him? Thanks Neil! Neil, I’m mulling both of these lessons over. I’ve started having some issues with Stevie that I thought we were well on our way to resolving. The trigger was a vet visit that did not go smoothly. He’s back to his old “want to make contact, feel like I’m falling” scenario of growling at people after he’s initiated contact.

I think we need to back up and review all of our lessons and make sure that foundation is solid before we take on the predator lessons.

Would you please articulate again for me how engaging in this exercise will help him? My underlying fear is that it may make him more suspicious of people. Are you saying that this kind of exercise will broaden his range of experience and sensation so that everything on his predator scale gets adjusted down a bit to less threatening relative to this new experience I’ll be giving him?

Thanks Neil!

]]>