Accountability and Advocacy are two of the most important things that we can give our dogs, and especially so for dogs who feel compelled to control the environment around him through reactive behaviour.
Before training, your dog may try to control people, the environment, and other triggers that worry him but with training will learn that reactive choices are unacceptable.
The accountability part comes in when we correct the dog’s reactive intentions (mental arousal) and when we help him follow and hold his commands like a calm place command or a tuned in heel on the walk.
The advocacy part comes in when we no longer allow people or other dogs to enter our dog’s personal space, undermine his rules and boundaries nor unfairly pressure him with unwanted attention which means that he’s off limits to all the people and dogs who try to touch him, sorry folks… tiny eye candy only!
