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How To Teach A Dog To Be Calm At Thresholds

How To Teach A Dog To Be Calm At Thresholds. Image of frightened dog. Anxiety

It is easy to think that a simple "sit" command or eye contact at thresholds will create a dog that is always calm at thresholds, but it doesn't usually work out that way.

Calmness at thresholds is more than a simple obedience command and requires us to study the drive our dog is in.

Dogs are all born with 3 specific drives that protect them and prepare them for life. 1) Pack drive - this drive prepares them to calmly live and migrate with a group. 2) Prey drive - this drive prepares them to forage, scavenge, and hunt for food. 3) Defense drive - this drive prepares them to assess when to a fight or flee against a perceived or actual threat.

More often than not, dogs struggle at thresholds because they are in the wrong drive to begin with. This video shows how to get your dog out of the WRONG drive and into the RIGHT drive for thresholds.

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