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Monthly Archives: January 2018

two young dogs playing energetically — Adolescence in dogs occurs, roughly, from six to twenty-four months of age. John P. Scott and John Fuller in their classic 1965 volume, Genetics and the Social Behavior of Dogs, further categorized this period into stages such as the “Flight Instinct Period” (from 4 to 8 months) and the “Puberty/Young […]

The Adolescent Dog

January 22, 2018 in Dog Training / General / Uncategorized tagged adolescence in dogs / adolescent dogs by Nancy DeFazio-Beaupere

lucy of dingos dogsitting with some dogs jumping up — Predatory drift among dogs occurs when the energy level of play becomes overly heightened and morphs or “drifts” into something more aggressive or predatory. Typically, there are two factors that lead dogs to be aggressive: anxiety or arousal. Predatory drift hinges on the latter. Usually this sort of maladaptive behavior […]

Predatory Drift: How Un-tempered Arousal Can Lead to Aggression

January 12, 2018 in Dingo's Policies / Dog Training / General / Pet Health / Petiquette / Uncategorized tagged how arousal can lead to aggression / predatory drift / staff to dog ratio by Nancy DeFazio-Beaupere

“A growl or a whine or a volley of aggressive barks are all pretty straight forward and limited means of self-expression. But the dog’s body says much more: the signature play pose -with the head and forelimbs low and the hindquarters up in the air – is an unmistakably happy […]

The Importance of Body Language When Communicating with Your Dog

January 8, 2018 in Dog Training / General by Nancy DeFazio-Beaupere