by Doug | Aug 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Having a relaxed dog is best. Having a voluntarily submissive dog is best. Both keep your dog’s energy levels low, paradoxically reinforcing their low energy levels, and keeping problems at bay since problems appear when their energy levels are high. Problems appear...
by Doug | Jul 24, 2024 | Assumptions, Control, Foundations, non-physical brain, non-physical mind, RDL, Submission, the physical dog
First things first: we have to talk about our assumptions and our foundations on which we think—they’re infinite, and that’s bad. I call my approach Reflective Dog Leadership, or RDL. In my model, there’s three parts to all dogs: the physical dog you...
by Doug | Jul 15, 2024 | Obedience
Obedience Can’t Be Trained nor Measured Traditional training says “teach a dog some tricks and commands, and you’ll have a dog with ‘the basics’ in place, and you’ll have an obedient dog.” This, however, begs the elephant-in-the-room question, “based on...
by Doug | Jul 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
How *Sweet* Can a Dog Be? It doesn’t matter how sweet a dog is, but it sort of does…. You have to take the time to figure out why that is. If ten people look at a puppy that just tilted its head, all ten people will tell me how sweet the dog looks. When I ask...
by Doug | Jun 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
From a Quora.com question, which I commented on. It’s lengthy and it’s complex, but it’s intended to awaken a part of our awareness and awarenesses that isn’t and aren’t yet aware. The Question “Why is my dog scared of the wall my bed is...
