Wednesday’s word is “Management.”
Management is defined as " the process of dealing with or controlling things or people..” When you have multiple dogs, you need to engage in some form of management. I’ve had a lot of calls recently from homes
with 3 or more dogs who aren’t getting along. One of the first things I do in such cases is to look at the living situation and determine what triggers are provoking the conflict,and how those triggers can be minimized or avoided. As I have been known to tell people, when families get together there can be conflict, why should it be any different for dogs? Management is NOT a substitute for training, but is an important adjunct to it. The first rule is to keep everyone safe and under threshold. Just like people, some dogs can have an extreme dislike of another. Occasionally this can never be resolved completely, but even then, the situation can be improved. Patricia McConnell recently wrote about how she introduced a new dog into her home, for her blog, click here:
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