Ur Dog is Stressed Cuz UR Stressed! How to Fix It!

You get cut off in traffic. You flinch, jump, swerve the car, yell, then maybe take deep breaths to calm back down. This is your survival brain kicking in and keeping you alive, without the thinking brain involved at all. The same thing happens to our dogs. They startle and react. Also, our dogs absorb our stress, believe it means we are under threat, and they better activate survival mode. The more stressed we are, the more stressed they are. Cue the lunging, barking, jumping, and all sorts of other unwanted behaviors. Changing this is simple and can start TODAY!