27/08/2025
🐾 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚-𝙨𝙞𝙯𝙚-𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙨-𝙖𝙡𝙡! 🐾
When we say a dog is “reactive,” it doesn’t always mean they’re angry or aggressive. Sometimes it’s just their way of saying “𝙊𝙈𝙂, 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝘽𝙄𝙂 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨!” 😅
Here are a few types we see:
🐕 𝘿𝙤𝙜-𝙩𝙤-𝘿𝙤𝙜 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 – “HEY YOU OVER THERE, WANNA BE FRIENDS?! …or maybe not… but I can’t stop yelling about it!”
👥 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 – “Stranger danger! Or stranger snuggles? I haven’t decided yet!”
🚗🌳 𝙀𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮– “Did that leaf just move? Did you SEE that car?! Someone alert the press!!”
😤 𝙁𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 – “I just wanna say hi but this lead says NOPE!”
😨 𝙁𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 – “That thing is scary, so I’m going to make myself look big and loud!”
Every dog has their own way of expressing those big emotions. Our job is to help them learn calmer, safer ways to cope – and to remind their humans they’re not alone 💛
👉 𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙪𝙨 – 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 “𝙗𝙞𝙜 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨” 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙤𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚?
