Posts Tagged ‘UNH’
Hire the right person, not the best (brightest, most talented) person
The first time I met Grace, I was advised not to look at her. That’s because direct eye contact, especially for a fearful dog, is threatening. It’s best to let the dog get comfortable with you before you get too close or direct in your communication. That is not the same advice I would offer…
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This past summer when I attended Suzanne Clothier’s workshop on fearful dogs, I had asked her how to curb Grace’s insistence to bark at any moving thing by our house. A car, person, animal, sometimes even a blowing twig, will incite Grace into thinking she had to protect us all with her sharp bark. In…
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