11/01/2026
Every time someone knocked on my door, Apollo would lose it.
Barking. Jumping. Full chaos mode.
I tried everything. Doorbell desensitization. “Quiet” commands. Redirection. Nothing worked.
Because I was treating what I could SEE, not what was causing it.
The problem? The doorbell meant something unpredictable was about to happen. And Apollo didn’t know how to handle unpredictability.
Once I learned how to teach him what to do when unpredictable things happen, everything changed.
He still barks sometimes. But he recovers in seconds instead of minutes. And I can actually answer the door without chaos.
Comment CALM and I will show you how I got Apollo to stop losing it at the door and actually calm down in seconds.
