Standard protocols of extinction, impulse control, counterconditioning are quickly grabbed off the shelf as satisfactory solutions. These solutions are unlikely to help your collie, your sheepdog as the focus is heavily on suppression of who they are and why they live.
Doing better is the reward from doing the work. This work needs to be the right work at the right time with the right intent done in the right way.
When we admit that the ideas we’re sharing are derived from the work of others, we demonstrate our own commitment to learning
Another addition is not just an extra bed and bowl. It is important to build a home that is healthy, content and well-balanced.
When familiarity is stripped away we seek recognisable signposts that will take us back to comfort and security. This is survival instinct. It is worth listening to as it keeps us alive.
Recipes for “training” dogs are so prevalent in how we live with and talk about them that their existence often goes unquestioned.
