Erin Kennedy

We would see if we could reduce one or more of those. Like with the vacuum, our dog could handle shorter durations of having it on but would react after a few minutes. Being farther away from it did NOT seem to help. But having us do smaller movements (intensity) with it DID help.

We worked with a veterinary behaviorist who had us use the “engage/disengage” game. It worked really well for our previously feral dog. Another good piece of advice she gave us was that a dog has three thresholds for becoming reactive: proximity, intensity, and duration of a stressor.

Perfection.

@klobuchar.senate.gov - come on, senator. I can’t wrap my head around why you keep doing this.

Shrek!