Parents, a reminder that dogs – like all animals – learn positive or negative associations based on past experience.
To strengthen your child’s relationship with your dog and help to prevent dog bites, please teach your child that instead of giving headlocks and big bear hugs that can make dogs uncomfortable, to be a dog Super Hero, they can sit next to their dog, give him a rub on his neck and give him a treat from their open palm.
Understanding and responding to your dog’s body language and dog stress signals is a very important piece of keeping everyone
I’m sharing this story of a family’s hope with dog aggression, as I am so extremely proud of the progress we are making, and to educate and offer hope to other families. In complex dog behavior cases like this, it is important to look at the impact of many variables – genetics, physiology, environment, learning history among them.
Contact :
Lisa Desatnik
CPDT-KA, FFCP, FDM, CPBC
