You are struggling with how your dog experiences the world with such fear and rage.
Barking and growling at anything and everything.
You worry about all the what if’s.
What if someone got too close and my dog bites?
What if my dog was injured and I had to take him to the emergency vet and he bites the tech or veterinarian?
What if someone comes into my house and my dog is uncomfortable and he bites my guest?
First, what happens in the future is out of your control.
When you’re focused on the worst case scenario, you are misplacing what you can do to mitigate the risk and help your dog feel safe before the bite even happens.
And, when you’re focused on the outcome versus all the little steps that lead to it, you miss opportunities to change the course and prevent something that you don’t want happening from transpiring.
Recognizing little steps along the way to an outcome can change the the trajectory of the situation.
What is in your control is what you can do right here and now.
What you do in this moment.
The future is up to you because of the choices you make right now.
What are you wanting to shift so you can create your future?
Katherine Porter is a force free, reward based dog behavior advisor and consultant serving clients and their companion dogs worldwide. Her calm and gentle approach in coaching clients in effectively communicating what they want to their dog blends her MSW background into her dog training and behavior practice.
Katherine was a behavior consultant for Heeling Hounds after graduation. She opened Four Paws and You Dog Training LLC when the military relocated her family to Fort Sill, OK in 2015. During this time, she volunteered with Rainbow Bridge Can Wait where she provided post adoption consultations to new pet parents. She also developed and implemented tailored behavior modification plans for highly reactive dogs residing at the shelter. She also provided educational programs to military children through interactive workshops at the Fort Sill School Age Center.
In 2017, Katherine relocated Four Paws and You Dog Training LLC to Germany. She served the Armed Forces communities in Bavaria. She continued coaching and advising her clients in addressing their companion dog’s fearful and reactive behavioral issues. Katherine takes a Do No Harm approach first and foremost in providing behavioral plans. She is committed in serving clients with gentle and modern science approaches in modifying behavioral concerns such as reactivity, aggression, separation anxiety and fear based responses.
Katherine is a member of the Pet Professional Guild. She is focused on integrating a holistic and modern approach in addressing her client’s pet companion reactive behavior issues.
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