Fear Aggression
Our lab of 16 years passed away this past January. The first of August we adopted a roughly 2 year old lab mix from a rescue organazation. We know she was from a divorce couple and neither wanted her....
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Training a dog when they are scared is a difficult/impossible task. That's just not how the brain works. When the fear overloads the brain and body with the chemicals that naturally occur in that condition, learning doesn't occur.
You need to immediately get in touch with a veterinary behaviorist. These situations can usually be dealt with by combining drugs that moderate the brain activity to minimize or lessen the fear response combined with the training. Just training alone, or just medication alone is not the best way forward.
Doug, DVM
You need to immediately get in touch with a veterinary behaviorist. These situations can usually be dealt with by combining drugs that moderate the brain activity to minimize or lessen the fear response combined with the training. Just training alone, or just medication alone is not the best way forward.
Doug, DVM
