Dog Behavior & Training Glossary
Dog behavior can be confusing, especially when the same behavior gets described ten different ways online. Search by term, category, or the signs you are seeing.
4 terms found
Training Concepts
Threshold
Threshold is the point at which a dog becomes too emotionally activated to respond, learn, or recover in the same way it could at a lower level of intensity.
Training Concepts
Trigger
A trigger is a person, animal, object, sound, movement, place, event, or internal sensation that changes a dog’s emotional or behavioral state.
Training Concepts
Trigger Stacking
Trigger stacking occurs when stressful or exciting events accumulate before a dog has fully recovered.
Canine Communication
Tucked Tail
Holding the tail low or under the body, commonly associated with fear, uncertainty, discomfort, or appeasement.