10/19/2026
this video makes me SO PROUD 🥲
proud of myself, my dogs, my methods, ALL OF IT 🥲
Bean couldn’t be around other dogs without losing his mind.
Arrow’s tolerance for arousal was so low he would attack anything around him if he got frustrated or excited enough.
watch them navigate a moment of tension together with Figgy and i supervising 🥰
i come from a methodology that preaches stoic leadership - don’t talk to your dogs too much, don’t emote in front of them, don’t tell them it’s okay or do anything they could perceive as “weak.”
i wondered why i was always so frustrated, why my dogs seemed so confused, and why Arrow kept attacking me.
i had to finally do what i was expecting out of my own dogs - soften up. loosen up. let go. open my mind and explore what i was told was wrong.
thank god i did, because look what we’re doing now 💪
feeling restricted by traditional training methods with your reactive/aggressive dog? you’re not alone. it’s time to ditch our old restrictive ways and give true co-regulation a shot.
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