Click to Calm by Emma Parsons

Author:Emma Parsons
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Tags: Training, Pets, Clicker Training (Animal Training), General, Behavior, Dogs
ISBN: 9781890948207
Publisher: Sunshine Books (MA)
Published: 2005-01-01T22:00:00+00:00

The Process of Clicking with an Aggressive Dog

CHAPTER 3

you need to find answers to your training questions. You may forget how far your dog

has come in the face of inevitable, occasional setbacks. Your training journal will

enable you to assess the situation objectively and plan your next step.

If you aren't certain how to assess and plan training sessions, use your training journal to

help you learn to observe your dog. Your dog will teach you what you need to know.

Write down your observations of his behavior, and they will become sharper. Study his

behavior, and you will be able to decide how you want to modifY it. Record each success,

as well as your challenges and setbacks, so that you have the strength to move forward.

Know your goal for each training session, and plan the steps that will get you there.

(The recipes in this book are designed to help you develop this approach for any

behavior.) Follow your training plan, and adjust it in subsequent sessions according to

your observations. Collect the data so that you can assess your progress objectively,

rather than through memory molded by emotion.

Changing Stress Cues to Calm Cues

Observe, identifY, and list your stress cues in your training journal. What physical

signs do you exhibit when you fear your dog is about to show aggression? You may

want to ask a friend to videotape you as you walk with your dog in a potentially

threatening environment. Review the tape and write down what you see. For example:

"When I see another dog walking toward us, I cross the street with my dog," "I pull up

on the leash, and drag my dog away," "I change the tone of voice in which I talk to my

dog." These are your signs of stress. For your dog, they may be cues to be aggressive as

much as is the sight of another dog.

Work with each stress cue separately. To change the meaning of each event, perform

the stress signal in the company of your dog, at a very low intensity, and click and feed

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