A lot of people make the mistake of giving in to the dogs excitement and getting out of the door as quickly as possible, because the dog is so irate with glee. Unfortunately, this can set the entire tone for the walk.

Trigger stacking. What is it? An accumulation of stress over time that results in the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Trigger stacking is real for humans and it is real for dogs and it can take days to come down from.

Sometimes with dog behaviour modifications plans, we need to avoid the problem completely and work on other things such as general training, enrichment, confidence building and self-control exercises and go back to the problem much later.