Behavior Adjustment Training Quotes

“Speaking of barking, talking to people that you see on a walk may cause your dog to start barking. Why? I don’t know, but one good reason is that your dog thinks you are barking at the other person. Think about it from a dog’s perspective: you are facing directly at the person, staring, and you’ve suddenly stopped walking and started making noise on an otherwise quiet walk. Sometimes you even start wrestling (known to humans as a ‘hug’ or a ‘handshake’). What’s a dog to do?”
― Grisha Stewart, Behavior Adjustment Training - BAT for Fear, Frustration, and Aggression in Dogs