• Preventing possessiveness or resource guarding with puppies
• Practice with your dog makes perfect – or at least more pleasant!
• When a dog’s arousal is high, it’s hard to make good choices!
• Links and Social Stream Activity

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Preventing possessiveness or resource guarding with puppies

“I can take anything away from my dog.” I’ve heard it many times. While I’m glad that these people are able to take things away from their dogs, they are often missing one important piece of the process to ensure their dogs are not possessive of or guarding resources.

Romeo practicing his drop it; I don't have to take things from him because I have taught him to give things to me

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Practice with your dog makes perfect – or at least more pleasant!

One of the things I miss about being in the suburbs (perhaps the only thing!) is the variety of dog-walking routes we had available. Although we had some favorite routes, I tried to make sure I included plenty of variety, even if it was walking the opposite way or on the other side of the street. Living in a rural area on a busy road does not give us opportunities to walk off our own property unless we drive somewhere. That being the case, most walks are pretty similar, so we don’t get as much practice with new and different things, especially when it comes to encountering other dogs and people.

 

Romeo practicing his manners at a local park

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When a dog’s arousal is high, it’s hard to make good choices!

I have several clients whose dogs have trouble with other dogs out on walks. Some of these dogs do fine off leash with other dogs. Some do not. But for each of these dogs, when they spot another dog, they are difficult to control. For a ten pound dog, this might just be annoying. For a hundred and ten pound dog, this is putting your safety at risk. Either way, it’s something my clients want to resolve so they can enjoy walks with their dogs. 

A German Shepherd exhibiting high arousal at the sight of another dog
 

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Links and Social Stream Activity

Sue Brown, MNM, CDBC, CPDT-KA and Ed Soehnel, The wife/husband team of The Light of Dog, with Jahzara, our Greyhound and Romeo, our Vizsla. 

Sue conducts all training for Love My Dog Training, our business in metro-Denver, Colorado, since 2004. Sue has been providing dog training and behavior counseling since 1996. She is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant and Certified Professional Dog Trainer with over 15 years of experience. She has written for the APDT Chronicle of the Dog and was a contributor to the book The Association of Pet Dog Trainers Top Tips from Top Trainers: 1001 Practical Tips and Techniques for Successful Dog Care and Training published in 2010. She also writes a bimonthly Ask the Trainer column for the Colorado Greyhound Adoption newsletter and is the the Co-Founder of the Colorado Dog Trainers Network, which provides networking, training and dog -related education, business education, and referral sources for trainers in Colorado. Her designations include: approved Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Evaluator; Certified Dog Behavior Consultant through the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants; Certified Professional Dog Trainer through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers; and, a Professional Member and the Greeter for the State of Colorado of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers.

Ed’s background is leading consumer product/service companies, from start-up through exit.  He has a strong skill set in marketing, sales, branding, product development and finance.  He splits his time between working on The Light Of Dog and Love My Dog Training , and as a consultant to start-up and small consumer product companies.  Ed has an MBA from the University of Denver.

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