It’s no secret that dogs love our attention. For us, it almost seems like loving animals is part of who we are. However, sometimes dogs will find funny or problematic ways to get our attention. Some dogs are calm and other dogs can get really excited, they may jump on you or bark. As mentioned in our previous episode, those dogs who approach you and jump or bark at you are telling you that they want your attention and affection! For the dogs that are like this example, Constructional Affection is an effective way to teach desirable behaviors!In this episode, Sean, a founder of Constructional Affection, explains to us the procedure of Constructional Affection in a step-by-step fashion with many wonderful examples and stories.Constructional Affection is the use of our affection to teach our animals how to calmly ask for and receive affection. Sean will first explain what affection means, and explain the two-step process of Constructional Affection. The purpose of Interaction Guidelines is to teach animals how to calmly ask for and receive affection. The purpose of Affection Loop is to extend the calm behaviors that the animal learned in the Interaction Guidelines to various situations that are important for both the animals and their caretakers.Below are the websites that we mentioned in the episode:
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