• Any deviation from normal chain of event.
  • 22% of dogs are dog/dog reactive
  • Risk factors
    • Being in training class for more than 4 weeks
      • Free for all
      • Off lead
      • pessimistic
      • struggle with disengagement
      • owner gets better at identifying fear
    • positive punishment
      • pessimistic mindset
      • filling the bucket
    • owning back garden
      • over stimulation
      • negative learning
    • judgment bias
    • Excitement
      • 8 weeks pot pup playing with littermates
      • breeders don’t allow letters to mix with calm adult dogs
      • excessive socialisation
    • Interactions
      • too many – can’t disengage
        • dog gets big and is restricted – frustration
        • frustration and fear are interchangeable
      • bad experiences

 

  • Chain of interaction
    • see
    • approach
      • distance
      • time
    • face to face greeting
      • dogs struggle to progress from this
        • lying on the floor submissively
        • chin on the back of the other dog
          • not dominance
    • move to rear
    • play
      • appropriate
      • inappropriate
        • humping
    • or
    • disengage
  • Required
    • Disengagement
      • being able to move to the next step
    • Calmness
    • Optimism
      • judgement bias studies
        • ambiguous sound test
        • spacial discrimination
  • Employment
    • General
      •  DMT
    • Specific
      • to the break in the chain
        • give in to lead pressure
        • disengage game
        • proximity vortex
  • Dog/dog transformation boosts
    • employed > unemployed – 24/7 DMT
    • whole dog approach
      • SA
      • movement reactive
      • noise sensitive
    • predictors
      • ditch the routine
      • DMT predictors
  • DMT
    • calm marker