Recent content by jackie_hubert

acd: I'll just say I agree that dog owners need to be confident in order for their dogs to be confident (: You might find John Bradshaw's work interesting if you're interested in dominance-theory type stuff. Pulling and obedience is not an issue for us - he competes. Has anyone here read...

It's not so much that he doesn't listen while he is on leash - I can tell him "drop it" when he's biting on the leash and he does it instantly but as soon as we start moving again.... He is literally unable to think and reverts to instinctive/impulsive actions in times of high stimulation, when...

Interestingly an excellent trainer I know who I suspect is also an INFJ has two dogs with arousal issues. Do your dogs settle quickly after the company has been there for a while? Cosmo is very calm inside with us but doesn't settle around company or other dogs, especially away from home...

We all know that animals can read us better than we can read ourselves. Of late I've been seriously considering that I'm having a negative effect on my pets with my INFJ tendencies. For example, both my dog and cat have issues with overstimulation. My cat is offensively aggressive only to me...

It's so strange living so close to the border that separates the ultral liberal from the place where they still debate things like same-sex marriage. Though there's still many reasons to wish that I lived south of the border...in some regards anyways...people with communication and driving...

I'd never heard of an Enneagram before I joined this forum yesterday. I just did an online test and got the following results: Type 1 Perfectionism |||||||||||| 46% Type 2 Helpfulness |||||||||||||||||| 78% Type 3 Image Focus |||||||||||||||| 66% Type 4 Hypersensitivity...

I decide on a topic. As is typical of us, I usually have an opinion on any topic so coming up with my "slant" is generally easy. Then I find sources (from all different perspectives, start with 10 and add more using the references from the others) and take written notes on each. I usually...

I know this is an older thread but just wanted to chime in and say good for you! You'll love working with animals. I work in animal welfare - speciality in dog behaviour and shelter cat behaviour. I work for the BC SPCA. It's mostly volunteer work though (ie. hours spent beyond my pay)...