Get Your Dog To Calm Down With This Common Sense Protocol For Relaxation #191 #podcast

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  @DogsThat · 3 years ago (edited) · pinned

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  @Jamie-813 · 3 years ago

  I learned a game from Dr. Ian Dunbar called Jazz Up, Settle Down. It&apos;s something I&apos;ve helped teach a few dogs to settle with. Take a toy or something that excites your dog, get them all rilled up, then go still, and project calm, settle energy and gentle say, &apos;settle&apos;. Then repeat, get them excited, reward them for settling, then ask for a settle. At first, settling should be short and as your dog grasps the concept, slowly increase time expectations.

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  @aslrunner · 2 years ago

  I&apos;ve come to realize that I need to advocate for my dog more in public. He&apos;s super friendly and sweet and gets ultra-hyped meeting people. People think it&apos;s cute &apos;cause he&apos;s wiggly and licking them, but I need to speak up and tell them to please just ignore his crazy/cute behavior and only give attention when he calms down, because they&apos;re inadvertently encouraging his out of control behavior.

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  @Chicagocanine · 2 years ago

  I use a bathmat for my dog’s “place” mat because it’s a perfect size and has a no-slip backing.

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  @pamelalee9677 · 2 years ago

  A regular schedule and regular exercise help calm pets down in the home a lot because they get into a cycle of energy output and resting to rejuvenate energy. &nbsp;It also really helps limit destructive and mischievous behaviors. &nbsp;Dogs appreciate schedules because they know what to expect. &nbsp;I have set times for feeding, bathing, walking, dog parks, brushing, massages, etc., and it really helped after my GS got used to the schedule. &nbsp;Now I know when it is time for something just because she is sitting in front of me staring at me, waiting for me to get out from behind my work computer to do something. &nbsp;She keeps the schedule better than I do now!<br><br>The way we pet our dog can breed relaxation vs. excitement. &nbsp;My fur baby has anxiety issues. &nbsp;She licks her lips often (which always gets her put in a muzzle at the vet) and tends to do the one-paw lift at odd times when she is unsure about something. &nbsp;Her moods also tend to mirror mine. &nbsp;If I&apos;m calm, she is more relaxed. &nbsp;When petting her, I watch her ears, paws, and tail. &nbsp;Rubbing her chest in slow circles and talking in a soft, soothing tone makes her ears droop and her head tilt downwards in relaxation. &nbsp;If I stroke her quicker or pat her, it raises her level of excitement.<br><br>Massages help calm our pets as well especially as they age. &nbsp;As soon as she hit 3 years, my GS would tend to keep me up at night when I was trying to sleep. &nbsp;She just seemed anxious and unable to rest. &nbsp;Then, I bought a massage kit to help with her hip dysplasia, and I discovered that she slept much easier at night on the days I would give her massages.

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  @andrewwalsh6401 · 2 years ago

  I have a pameranian that used to bark at everything and used to go nuts as soon as I grabbed the leash to take him for a walk. How I got him to stop this behaviour was to just ignore that behaviour. I wouldn’t acknowledge him at all when he acted like this. I would not tell him to stop or sit I would just simply walk away and not say a thing. It takes patience but worked for me

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  @AlexTheSheep · 3 years ago

  Yes, more relaxation protocol please! I find as soon as I get food out my pup stops relaxing and leaps up, so it&apos;s very difficult to capture calmness. He also has become an expert in &quot;faking&quot; rest, shifting his hips over and bouncing his head down onto his paws and back up to try to get the reward, any advice on this!?

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  @menopassini9348 · 3 years ago

  I tell my Dogs sit, then down then I tell them Nite Nite. &nbsp;They follow my commands.of sit and down, Nite Nite is laying on their side and relax. &nbsp;Sometimes thet close their eyes. &nbsp;I Do this at Home Depot when.meeting New people, &nbsp;Vet, etc. &nbsp;People are amazing how calm my dogs &nbsp;are while we talk. &nbsp;I taught it as a trick and then noticed they liked the down time.

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  @wallsofgab · 3 years ago

  I love this advise! It&apos;s one of the first things I did with my rescue puppy - before she knew a sit, a down, or ANYTHING... we did a settle first. And it opened up the doors for her to become the really balanced dog she became today. People don&apos;t believe me when I say that she&apos;s so high drive sometimes LOL I&apos;d love for this topic to be expanded on!

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  @cookieTUFFS · 3 years ago (edited)

  Yes pretty please more on relaxing! My dog has a big bubble and really doesn’t love it when people come into our house. I don’t even need her to socialize with them, just teaching her to be chill in another room would be a big win.

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  @cakmlucas · 3 years ago

  This is fantastic. I have a very chill 4 month old Shar Pei that just LOSES it when I leave the room. He loves his crate, he sleeps there for hours, but the moment I leave the room it&apos;s like the world ended. It takes him 30 minutes to calm down. I am trying to do everything I can to make sure that if he&apos;s in his crate (or in his den area) I can just leave the house for an hour to run an errand or whatever without him losing his mind

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  @HOH.education · 2 years ago

  That&apos;s the upside of a low-energy dog breed. My greyhound will ALWAYS take the opportunity to relax or to sleep somewhere. Which is why he&apos;s the perfect restaurant dog or the perfect dog to take when visiting someone. Even on walks he will gladly lay down on the grass to rest for a few minutes. These dogs don&apos;t have an off switch... they have an &apos;on switch&apos; because they&apos;re off by default. Our challenge lies in getting him enthused, excited, motivated, moving etc.

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