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Originally Posted by Michael Romanos
Peggy - you are great at arguing with yourself. Who's winning?
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Why always an unfriendly jab? I'm not arguing with myself.
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You can get dogs to face their fears and build up confidence. I am dong just that at present with Taylor and the seesaw and it is working well at the moment - we have reached the point of confidently tackling two thirds of the
normal height of the big dog's seesaw.
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Facing an inantimate object and another living dog are two different things.
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There is a chocolate coloured Lab at agility training who dislikes Taylor  and a few other dogs and Taylor has learnt to cope with this dog who has attacked him twice and threatend to attack on several other occasions. But Taylor knows how to avoid a conflict, by keeping distance apart, not crossing paths directly, avoiding eye contact and coming away when called.
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And Taylor is NOT living with this dog. It's not an every day, all day long threat to him. He's not concerned that everywhere he goes in the house the lab might get him. A big difference.
Peggy