237 | Why Training Isn’t Where to Start With a Fearful Dog
About this episode
This episode discusses why building trust is more important than training when working with fearful dogs.
Hey Dog Lover 🐾 If you have a fearful dog, chances are you've been told you need to build their confidence. More training. More exposure. More experiences. More opportunities to successfully accomplish things. Because training builds confidence , right? Well... maybe. But when I'm working with a fearful dog, confidence actually isn't where I start. Because before I want your dog to believe: “I've got this.” I want them to believe: “You've got me.” And that changes where we begin. Instead of focusing immediately on changing the dog, I focus on building trust between the dog and the person standing beside them. The progression I teach inside the Fearless Framework is simple: Trust you. Trust the situations you put them in. Trust themselves. And that last piece? That's where confidence comes from. In this episode, we're talking about why confidence may actually be the LAST thing we build with a fearful dog and why the relationship comes first. We'll talk about: 🐾 Why I don't start by trying to make a fearful dog more confident 🐾 Whether dog training really does “build confidence” 🐾 The difference between being confident at doing things and feeling confident navigating the world…
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