WHAT TRAVELS DOWN THE LEASH 🔦
Your dog isn’t misbehaving on leash because they’re stubborn or aggressive. They’re responding to what YOU’RE sending down that leash.
Here’s what most dog owners don’t realize:
The leash is a direct line to your nervous system. Every emotion, every thought, every micro-tension in your body travels straight to your dog.
When you see another dog approaching and your hand tightens on the leash—even just a little—your dog feels it. They don’t think “Oh, my owner is just being cautious.” They think “THREAT DETECTED. Time to protect us.”
You’ve just created the exact reaction you were trying to prevent.
This is why treat distraction doesn’t work. Why harnesses don’t fix pulling. Why nothing seems to help your reactive dog.
You’re not addressing what’s actually happening: your energy is creating the behavior.
The good news? Once you understand this, everything changes.
A loose leash isn’t just about keeping slack in the line. It’s about keeping calm in YOUR body. When you master your energy, your dog’s behavior shifts automatically.
Your dog has been trying to tell you this the whole time. They’ve been reading you perfectly—you just didn’t know the language.
Now you do.
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