2am Dog Questions; A good walk doesn’t have to cover miles. Sometimes the best bit is one very interesting patch of grass. 🐾 Got a question? Drop it below ⬇️ #dogbehaviourawareness #nervoussystem #2amdogquestions #dogbehaviour #themischiefmethod

2am Dog Questions; Post-bath zoomies Relief, excitement, or a very damp announcement that bath time is OVER? 🛁🐾 What does your dog do after a bath? Let me know in the comments! ⬇️ #dogbehaviourawareness #nervoussystem #2amdogquestions #dogbehaviour #themischiefmethod

🐾 2am Dog Questions: Why did my dog suddenly react? “They were absolutely fine five minutes ago!” And they may well have been. But the thing immediately before a reaction isn’t necessarily the whole story. Maybe there was a noise earlier. A difficult interaction. Poor sleep. A frustrating moment. Something uncomfortable in their body. A dog staring from across the road. Then another little thing. And another. Until one seemingly tiny event becomes the moment when their syste

2am Dog Question “My dog can do it perfectly in the kitchen… so why can’t they do it on a walk?” Because learning doesn’t automatically transfer from one environment to another. Your kitchen and the outside world are very different learning environments — different sights, smells, sounds, emotions and distractions. Rather than thinking “but you know this!”, try asking: “Have we practised this version of the behaviour, in this environment, under these conditions?” Dogs aren’t

🐾 2am Dog Questions: Does my dog know they’ve done something wrong? You know that look. The lowered body. The ears. The looking away. Perhaps quietly disappearing when you discover the remains of something that definitely used to be a cushion… It can look remarkably like guilt. But rather than assuming our dogs understand that they have broken a human rule, it can be much more useful to notice what they’re responding to right now. A change in our voice. Our facial expression