🐕Village dogs
🧨Aggression & Social behaviors
🔎Force-free, no counterconditioning/coercive R+
💬Let’s understand the root cause of your dog’s behavior
https://linktr.ee/punk.mutts Living with a grumpy (soi) dog in Bangkok
I have decided to open this page to share how force-free training works as it is not a common practice in our big city and growing dog community. Rather than relying on control and forced compliance, force-free training is based on understanding the motivation behind dog behaviour to work at the causes -and not the symptoms- of dog management problems. It means we are able to understand the causes of distress in the dog, address them, and effectively communicate a successful course of action. It means we are giving the dog the tools to face stress. It means enabling your dog to build up life-skills and problem-solving, not just execute orders. In the end, it is all about building trust and confidence in the relationship between human and dog, and about communicating and understanding each other. To do this, I focus on the observation and analysis of dogs’ behavior, sharing how to effectively read your dog, manage his/her emotional state, and communicate accordingly. On behaviourism: I do use positive reinforcement, especially in learning, but it’s not all about it. I recognise its important shortcomings for social and emotional challenges and promote an approach based on communication and relationship to better address these issues.
