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Hi pals! Welcome back to #LearnWithFlynn! Please follow along & add your comments using the #, we love learning from you too 😊 Always seek help from a kind pawfessional fur reactivity issues. As I've had new followers since LWF was pawsed, we decided to recap old LWFs & add some 
New, so it will be a long one today! Also, Mummy H is nervous about & very self conscious of being on camera, so she's asked me to say, please be kind! Videos are way out of her comfurt zone. So, what have we learnt so far?
1st, identifying triggers. These can be anything that causes stress, anxiety or aggression. Learning our triggers is a crucial part of overcoming them. Use an ABC chart to note events before, during & after an incident. This will help to find a pattern & lead to the trigger(s).
Hi pals, welcome to #LearnWithFlynn! Mum's aren't professionals so please seek advice from a prof if you need help with anything in this thread. Lots of us struggle with fireworks so let's talk about how to stay calm during skyboom season.
Firstly, plan ahead. If you know there is a display near you, arrange for your humans to take you somewhere they can't be seen or heard. Join local community groups online, some people will put a warning out so pet owners can prepare. If at home, set the right environment...
Keeping lights on & curtains closed will help cover flashes. Make a safe place we can go where we won't be interfered with. Sometimes dogs want alone time, especially if scared. My safe place is my bed, which is a no-touch zone. Yours could be a crate covered in blankets, a comfy
Hi Pals! Welcome to #LearnWithFlynn Usual reminder, Mum's not a qualified trainer. Always seek professional advice for reactivity. Today we are looking at the absolute basics of reading dog body language and signs of stress. Let's look at each part separately, then together...
EARS: 1. Each poking out at 90°angle, "bat ears" = emotional conflict, happy/anxious 2. Pricked up = Alert/focus, +ve or -ve 3. High & back = appeasement sign, asking for peace 4. Low & back = fearful. Seal ears = so far back ears nearly disappear. Big fear sign!
EYES: 1. Soft, almond shape: relaxed, happy 2. Hard stare, tense muscles: focused or stressed. NEVER look strange dogs in eye or allow 2 dogs to give eye contact. This is a direct threat to dogs. 3.Whale eye: whites of eye showing. BIG FEAR SIGN. Get dog out of situation ASAP
Hi Pals! Welcome to another session of #LearnWithFlynn. Please use this hashtag to follow along. Another reminder: any advice given by me and Mum is based on our anecdotal experiences and research. Always seek professional advice for reactivity issues. Today's topic is...
Identifying triggers. A trigger is anything that may cause a reactive response. I have many triggers. Some are largely resolved (with a little help from my friends), some still require work and some triggers are yet to be identified... #LearnWithFlynn
Before creating a positive association with triggers, we have to find out what they are. There may be an obvious pattern to reactions, or appear random. By writing about each incident, we can find the 'common factor'. This is likely to be a trigger... #LearnWithFlynn
