My friendly reminder…our pets do not come pre-learned with all of our rules. And they do not speak human language. They rely on us to teach them. The clearer our lesson plan, and the more fun and valuable we can make the outcome of their doing the behaviors we want to see, the more they will want to learn those behaviors from us.
You may think you are using positive reinforcement, but if your dog or other pet is not motivated to do more of the behavior, then you may not be reinforcing the behavior.
Regulating arousal is not so natural for most dogs. To teach your dog to settle think about it like teaching
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