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Originally Posted by kjc

I am most curious! I did research dog communicators at one point but never went further, even though the price seemed fairly reasonable.

IDK, doesn't knowing the 'why' sometimes help in which way to go with the training? One of mine is a bit of an aggressive walker, and I've narrowed it down to being fear-based, which really changed the way I handle her. At first I assumed she was being alpha, so I stepped up my alpha but things got worse. When I realized her fear, I changed to being overly calm and understanding, which helps to settle her.

Originally Posted by navillusc

Always, between dissimilar entities...humans/dogs, etc...there is room for 'doubt' that communication is genuine. However, the ability to communicate 'telepathically' is well documented and many books have been written. I do not doubt at all the capability to communicate telepathically, and find your experience very interesting. I do tend to be a bit...well, maybe 'a lot'...skeptical of such things when presented as TV programming, but then, I consider everything on TV as 'paid for, fictional entertainment' and wouldn't be surprised to find that it was faked by paid actors/actresses. Hopefully, your foster will fully recover from all that ails her.

I got your Pm I dont mind talking about it...I will try to compose everything I can remember...it was very interesting.

Originally Posted by kjc

Instead of trying to control the walk, I just let it happen. Before, I would shorten the leash, stop, reverse direction, etc to get her to listen. Now, I just go with her flow. If she wants to stop to look at something, we stop. If she gets freaky and wants to avoid something, I don't push the issue. Like she's fearful of manhole covers. I don't walk on the other side of the street to avoid them, but I also don't force her to stop and look at it. More like I pretend it's not there, but most times I will walk on it and she'll walk past it. She walks like a tornado past houses, but when we reach the wooded part of the road, she settles down. I think she was attacked at some point before I owned her... she needs to have a 360 degree view around her when walking past all the houses and yards. In the woods, she returns to walking like a normal dog.

My Sam has the same problem and we kept treating it like aggression but after he saw a trainer she told us its fear and although he is still not easy to walk he is better