I teach this idea of a healthy relationship between items and dogs simply. To have success in removing any sort of primal guarding, you have to do the daily work. I always begin with what I call “trading,” which leads to “sharing.”
A one-day-old Rhodesian Ridgeback lies on a paw of his mother. “Dogs are born with their noses open,” WAG Follow My Lead columnist Cristina Losapio writes. “Around 14 days later their eyes open and around 21 days after that, their ears open.”
Follow My Lead columnist Cristina Losapio continues her discussion of the right way to bring your dog to the office.
As you consider preparing your dog to accompany you to work, WAG’s Follow My Lead columnist Cristina Losapio says you should ask yourself a question: Are you doing this for you or the dog?
Trying to get your pooch to cooperate? First, says trainer-consultant and WAG the Tail columnist Cristina Losapio, get in touch with your own breath.