Positively | Victoria Stilwell | Forum

Hi again to all you helpful people. I THINK, although I'm not totally sure, that we may have had a slight breakthrough last night! OK, for the past month I've been trying out a few of Leslie McDevitt's ideas from her Control Unleashed book, especially the "Look at that!" game. (Which of co...

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU all for this discussion. You give me so much hope, and make me actually look forward to taking Chico out for our harrowing walks (after dark, trying desperately to avoid people and dogs). I love thinking about how working with fearful dogs can be just as rewarding as ...

Emmabeth, thank you so much for taking the time to respond to this poster in such detail! As someone who adopted a rescue dog over two years ago, and then having gone through 5 trainers to deal with Chico's increasing fear aggression (mostly toward other dogs, but becoming more and more toward peopl...