Hyperactiveness
Dogs are hyperactive when their adrenalin levels are up. The more we try to use a quick fix by disciplining them, trying
to “get rid of their energy”, telling them no, commanding them to go outside, “relieving their boredom” with toys, etc., the more adrenalin
surges we unwittingly cause in our dog's central nervous system, causing yet more serious long term problems.
Dogs are not automatically our best friend - they are only potentially our best friend - and the secret of Natural Dog Training's exceptionally high success rate is to develop this potential. Dogs were made to live with dogs, and people were made to live with people. So when we work from the false
premise that dogs are automatically man's best friend – as the current dog system does– our behaviour around dogs is inappropriate,
causing adrenalin surges, which cause hyperactiveness, disobedience etc.
So what is the answer? To develop that
potential! And this unique shift in perspective is the key to unlocking our dog's desire to please, in place of punishing, dominating and imposing our will on them. There is no such
thing as a disobedient dog – only a confused dog.
This extract from: Social Behaviour. [Carnivora Species Information.] states: "The reason wild dogs do not act aggressively to assert rank may be due to the fact that the entire social system is so cooperative-dependent that if one should be injured, the pack would be less effective in hunting for food. An African wild dog pack is dependent upon abundant food, and only one pair breeds, and those puppies are dependent on their parents for such a long period of time, that cooperation is a necessity. So, instead of an active hierarchy, they have a passive hierarchy, with cooperation being emphasized rather than dominance."
Pam's Natural dog training teaches dog owners how to tap into this potential for cooperation which dogs are designed for, in place of using commands and domination which are artificial and come from the army - not from the wwolf and wild dog packs - as can be seen by the above extract. This quote comes from an (objective) environmental study of wild dogs, not a (subjective) academic study seeking to prove it's theories.
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By identifying the source of our dog's adrenalin, (which is what Pam's Natural Dog Training does for you) and removing it, (which Pam shows you how to do) they become our
best friend – because we know now how to become theirs by winning their trust and "speaking their language", instead of punishing them and raising our voices at them when they don't understand us.
Then our dog no longer sees life through a cloud of adrenalin, and therefore does not make misjudgments, the
way you see the “hyperactive” Staffie on the video clip on the No-pull Dog Leads page when he crashes into the gate which he didn't see in his intoxicated state. Understanding dogs on a deeper and less superficial level gives us so much more control over them. Hyperactive dogs bump into people, knock people over, bully smaller dogs, chase children that are playing… which is all adrenalin-induced behaviour.
So once the source of adrenalin is removed (commands being one of them, because commands send barking signals) – bingo, you have a calm, well behaved,
trustworthy dog that does not “have to” be commanded, disciplined, taken to training… He now understands what we are saying to him, and his natural urge to cooperate with, and to please his leader is able to find expression.
Simply child's play!
All dogs want to be good -
they only need to be understood!
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