Reactive Rover
Reactive Rovers bark, lunge, pull and can be almost impossible to control when they see their trigger. The trigger can be another dog, a person, or something else. Some dogs become so aroused, they snap or bite anything in the vicinity.
Reactivity is common and to some extent, normal. A reactive dog is a dog that barks, lunges, pulls or growls, usually when on lead. The trigger is usually seeing another dog, a person, a moving object or some inanimate object. And a lunging, barking, snarling dog is scary and you worry about what might happen if you couldn’t hold them.
This course has four parts. Part 1 explains what reactivity is, how it shows itself, and why it arises. You’ll learn about the two parts to the reactivity equation and how to address the key underlying problem of arousal. You find out how to take your dog’s emotional TEMP – and how to take your own, too – and how to teach your dog to tolerate frustration through the first two Calm Canine games.
In part 2, you’ll learn how to encourage yourself, how to identify your dog’s triggers and how to set yourselves up for success, as well as how to teach your dog impulse control through three more Calm Canine games.
Part 3 talks more about the all-important human end of the lead, describes how to retrain your Reactive Rover and introduces your two vital friends. You’ll learn how to plan to deal with the inevitable distractions and disasters and you’ll practice some emergency Calm Canine games.
The final part brings it all together, talks about how to measure success and how to overcome obstacles to that success. You’ll learn how to plan for the worst but expect the best, and how to build difficulty for yourself and your dog, as well as learning the final two Calm Canine games. You can watch and review the course as often and as many times as you want. Retraining a reactive dog takes a long time, several weeks or even months. But with this course, you’ll succeed.
