The Calm Dog

Jeanne Perciaccanto

www.ultimatedogtrainingnj.com

Dogs seek calm, but, what actually is calm and where does it come from?

Calm is information that allows the dog to relax; be patient; wait for direction; is a selected series of directional tools that let the dog know what and how to behave in any given circumstance.

Informational calm changes from setting to setting because the circumstances change from moment to moment.

Calm is an ongoing and continual resource every dog seeks determined by the immediate.

What happens when you change the walk from the routine neighborhood outing to a stroll around the park.  The dogs' information has changed as to what and how they are to interact with both you and the environment.  A calm dog follows you no matter where or what is happening around them.

Teach your dog the action of a behavior will cause them to only respond to a limited learning parameter such as: to only follow direction in the house, but, be prepared to see a completely different dog at the Vets office as the dog next to them whines and lunges.

Calm must go every where with your dog.  Calm must be available and present to assist your dog no matter where they are or what they encounter.

Calm comes from you!

Being in your presence should create calm.

Calm means your dog has learned to defer to you no matter what is going on around them.

So you must exude calm in all things.

How do you know if you create calm?

While watching TV does your dog come and lay quietly next to you on the floor or do they demand you constant attention?  Bump you with their nose, toss toys into your lap, bark in your face, these thing indicate there is no calm leadership.

Out for a walk, does your dog get invested in following their nose, not you?

Can you call you dog away from or off any distraction?

A calm leader causes their dog to follow them without telling them to do so.  The dog choose to follow the leader because dogs seek calm!