Trigger Management

Trigger management identifies and controls the situations that reliably produce fear, frustration, excitement, or unwanted behavior.

Pattern Training

Pattern training uses a simple, repeatable sequence of movement and reinforcement to create predictability.

Management changes the environment to prevent unwanted behavior from being rehearsed while training is underway.

Distance management uses physical space to keep the dog within a workable emotional range.

Desensitization gradually exposes the dog to a trigger at an intensity low enough to remain manageable.

Counterconditioning changes the dog’s emotional expectation by pairing a trigger with something the dog values.

Alternative behavior training teaches the dog a specific, realistic response that can replace an unwanted behavior.