Why Your Dog Doesn’t Need to Learn to Handle Everything

If your dog struggles with something, it can feel like you're supposed to train until they don't. But does your dog actually need to handle every situation in the first place?

Halloween brings that pressure out fast. Doorbells, costumes, kids, strangers, and plenty of advice about getting your dog ready for all of it. Sometimes the better question is whether they need to participate at all.

You'll hear:

Why skipping something isn't automatically the same as giving up on your dogWhy Em stopped treating Halloween as something Fitz needed to learn to handleThe question to ask before turning another difficult situation into a training project

Press play if you've ever felt guilty for protecting your dog from something instead of teaching them to tolerate it.

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