tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664851303618751424.post7487066316332553181..comments2023-07-18T04:11:00.751-04:00Comments on Duke Phillips Preschool: Help Me, Cesar Milan, You're My Only HopeJ. Bowmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01988969654035627117noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2664851303618751424.post-17858430789934214592007-03-05T09:52:00.000-05:002007-03-05T09:52:00.000-05:00(Dog whisperer by no means...)A helpful suggestion...(Dog whisperer by no means...)<BR/><BR/>A helpful suggestion might be the idea that the best thing to do for a scared or distressed dog is to build up her confidence. So when you're walking and you hear the train coming, you could stop and go through the commands she knows - sit, down, whatever, and give her big treat rewards so that by the time the train's coming by, she is receiving positive feedback in the way of food and your praise. It might distract her, and she might eventually associate the train with sitting, being calm, and getting a milkbone.<BR/><BR/>My usually happy-go-lucky dog has a distaste for statues, and especially statues of animals. The size doesn't matter. Lions on either side of the driveway entrance? Check. Small cement pig in the garden? Check. Giant decorated cows in Midtown Atlanta? Check. We usually walk over and I pat the statue to show her that it's not real and then she sniffs it and we are able to move on and she ignores them on future encounters. Maybe you could try this with the big brown UPS truck?<BR/><BR/>Good luck!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01787010095362891575noreply@blogger.com