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Fearful dog behavior can be quite a challenge to live with and witness. It’s both frustrating and heartbreaking to watch a fearful dog navigate a world populated with scary sights and sounds. Our hearts go out to these poor shy creatures that are often even afraid of their own shadow. But what to do? How does one go about making a shy dog more comfortable in her environment? Is it okay to comfort your dog when he’s feeling nervous? Should you ignore the behavior?
In this interview, Amy and I chat about the origin of shyness, what defines it, the trial and tribulations of living with a shy dog, and how to best address shyness or fear from a behavioral standpoint.
Is a shy dog born or made?
What are the chances that a shy dog will make a full recovery and overcome her fears, and to what degree?
How do you integrate a shy dog into your home and how do you build trust in your relationship with your fearful dog?
Most importantly Amy wants everyone to know that it is not really possible to reinforce fear and make it worse. Fear is an emotion and emotions cannot be so easily manipulated or contrived operantly. A frightened dog deserves comfort and a safe place to hide and peek while you do your best to resolve the issue via classical conditioning and training, which will take some time, patience, and understanding.
Please listen to the podcast below to hear Amy answer the questions above and more. If you’d like to learn more about fearful dog behavior and training, or have a shy canine and would like to reach Amy directly please join the Shy-K9s group on Yahoo.
This entry was posted in Kelly Gorman Dunbar, Training and Behavior, Uncategorized and tagged dog training, dogs, interviews on June 18, 2012 by Kelly Gorman Dunbar.
Animal Cafe Opens March 7!
Animal Café is putting the finishing touches on the place, anticipating  next week’s opening night!  Settle in with your dogs and other two-and-four-legged friends and check out our new podcast/chat menu. We’ve got lots of tasty selections of interviews and live chats each week: Authors, activists, trainers, veterinarians, media personalities, industry movers and shakers, and assorted experts and enthusiasts.
Look for a new interview on this site every Monday. Listen at your leisure, then come back on Wednesday night at 9pm EST for a conversation with guests.  Ask questions or just lurk – we blog readers are good at that — and join in when the mood moves you.
Animal Cafe’s mission is to inform, amuse, surprise and educate by adding new dimensions to current thinking on a wide range of topics of interest to animal lovers.  Eric Goebelbecker, CPDT-KA (Dog Spelled Forward),  Dr. Lorie Huston, DVM (The Pet Health Care Gazette), and Edie Jarolim, Author, Pet Travel Expert (Will My Dog Hate Me) join Mary Haight, Founder, Animal Welfare advocate  (Dancing Dog Blog) in asking you to sit back, relax, and enjoy.
Here are the specials for March (podcast upload date followed by chat date):
March 7/9 –  Marjie Alonso, President, Executive Director International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants with Eric Goebelbecker
March 14/16 – Jacque Redford, longtime breeder of Rhodesian Ridgebacks on  dog breeding standards, with Dr. Lorie Huston
March 21/23 – Mary-Alice Pomputious, DogJaunt, Pet Travel Blogger, Expert on traveling with a small dog, with Edie Jarolim
March 28/30 – Jane Velez-Mitchell, NYT best selling author, CNN’s HLN host of Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell with Mary Haight
See you in the Animal Chat Café!  Reserve your table: Wednesday nights, 9pm EST.
This entry was posted in Animal Welfare, Mary Haight and tagged animals, chatroom, interviews, podcasts on March 1, 2011 by Mary Haight.
Categories Select Category Animal Welfare Breeding and Reproduction Edie Jarolim Eric Goebelbecker Guest Post Kelly Gorman Dunbar Leadership/Motivation/Counseling Lorie Huston Mary Haight Pet Conferences Pet Foods Pet Health Pet Products Pet Travel Steve Dale Training and Behavior Uncategorized
Pet Health Care and Prevention
Pet health care is not something pet parents want to skimp on. We know prevention is key to continued good health and lower vet bills. So why is the trend showing less visits to the vets? Watch Steve Dale's video5/27–7/2013
Fleas, Ticks, Mosquitoes Want Your Dog!
Fleas, ticks and mosquitoes are soon to be out in force, looking for a meal. What will you be doing about prevention meds for your pets this year? Watch Steve Dale as he chats with Dr Ernie Ward on visiting your vet.4/26/2013 – 5/3/2012
Rescue Shelter Pets from Testing Labs
You may not know that more than 30 States allow your local animal shelter to sell pets to research and medical testing labs. Listen in as attorney & author Allie Phillips gives us the highlights and lowdown on this controversy.4/09/2013 – 4/16/2013
Dog Play - What Games Are Your Rainy Day Favorites?
Carol Bryant of Fidose of Reality stopped by to share a game she plays with Dex, her cocker spaniel, at home and on the road. Dog play is great fun and an excellent bonding experience - listen in!3/29/2013 – 4/7/2013