Ivan Balabanov

Yeah, that's what I was kind of trying to say that I don't, it's not difficult because I know of trainers that will just cold turkey kind of do it. I know that that's not correct, so I do take time. But again, I'm trying to do it on my own to some extent. I don't see... What I see is I gradually start to see the dog becoming... just reacting to normal life better.

Yeah, that's what I was kind of trying to say that I don't, it's not difficult because I know of trainers that will just cold turkey kind of do it. I know that that's not correct, so I do take time. But again, I'm trying to do it on my own to some extent. I don't see... What I see is I gradually start to see the dog becoming... just reacting to normal life better.

Like even, even if there is a, let's say a sudden noise in a bush and they're like, they acknowledge it and, and they start to, you know, just have much more normal reaction to, to everything, not necessarily being happy or, or being angry, but they like the emotions are kind of coming back again.

Like even, even if there is a, let's say a sudden noise in a bush and they're like, they acknowledge it and, and they start to, you know, just have much more normal reaction to, to everything, not necessarily being happy or, or being angry, but they like the emotions are kind of coming back again.

So it's very difficult to say, um, what happens with the dog because we i mean no no way to measure and the only thing we're left no way to talk to them we're left with their body language and how they go in everyday life what they do um so from

So it's very difficult to say, um, what happens with the dog because we i mean no no way to measure and the only thing we're left no way to talk to them we're left with their body language and how they go in everyday life what they do um so from

Typically, and again, it's not everybody, some dogs are, you don't see this dramatic difference in behavior and mood, but the dogs that I work with, the really difficult dogs that end up working, coming here, they're just very flat. And, and so they're like, they're so flat.

Typically, and again, it's not everybody, some dogs are, you don't see this dramatic difference in behavior and mood, but the dogs that I work with, the really difficult dogs that end up working, coming here, they're just very flat. And, and so they're like, they're so flat.

I don't even know if that's even a good description to describe it this way, but to where you don't really see, like, if it gets worse, what more it can be besides they, they cannot just go in a corner and start crying. Um, but they just don't get excited in a good or a bad way. They're just very, it's like, okay. yeah, you're petting me, or yeah, you're telling me.

I don't even know if that's even a good description to describe it this way, but to where you don't really see, like, if it gets worse, what more it can be besides they, they cannot just go in a corner and start crying. Um, but they just don't get excited in a good or a bad way. They're just very, it's like, okay. yeah, you're petting me, or yeah, you're telling me.

And that makes it very hard to read them. The interesting thing is that the way the medications are coming into the dog world, it's really based on the human experience in psychiatry. And it's basically kind of copied into the dog world. with the idea that it will do the same thing, but it's became such a common problem that to me the most dangerous thing right now is that,

And that makes it very hard to read them. The interesting thing is that the way the medications are coming into the dog world, it's really based on the human experience in psychiatry. And it's basically kind of copied into the dog world. with the idea that it will do the same thing, but it's became such a common problem that to me the most dangerous thing right now is that,

These medications are not that they are just overly prescribed, but they are so easily prescribed by anybody. Like any, I feel that any veterinarian doctor, a dog will come to the office and the owner will say, my dog is too rambunctious and he's charging other dogs on the street and... chances are they may walk away with an SSRI prescription.

These medications are not that they are just overly prescribed, but they are so easily prescribed by anybody. Like any, I feel that any veterinarian doctor, a dog will come to the office and the owner will say, my dog is too rambunctious and he's charging other dogs on the street and... chances are they may walk away with an SSRI prescription.

Because the, and that's, I'm speculating here, but because the animal veterinarian behaviorists, which they get some extra school, of course, and they get educated on the medication, but all the education is exactly taken from human psychiatry. And so my assumption is that if they're using it, then they can use it, and you can I mean, you can get a prescription.

Because the, and that's, I'm speculating here, but because the animal veterinarian behaviorists, which they get some extra school, of course, and they get educated on the medication, but all the education is exactly taken from human psychiatry. And so my assumption is that if they're using it, then they can use it, and you can I mean, you can get a prescription.

Like I know that I can go to any dog veterinarian with my dog and convince them. They're very easy. And on top of that, I will go online. There is like this dog website that sell medications and stuff. And tomorrow I have it. And off we go on medication. It's really, really sad. And the sad part is that

Like I know that I can go to any dog veterinarian with my dog and convince them. They're very easy. And on top of that, I will go online. There is like this dog website that sell medications and stuff. And tomorrow I have it. And off we go on medication. It's really, really sad. And the sad part is that

The majority of the dogs, and I'm talking the majority of the dogs, like I remember one of your, I don't know, was it a podcast? But you had some really good presentation at one place where you had a big circle and you put a percentage and you were talking how there is this 5% of people that really need it.

The majority of the dogs, and I'm talking the majority of the dogs, like I remember one of your, I don't know, was it a podcast? But you had some really good presentation at one place where you had a big circle and you put a percentage and you were talking how there is this 5% of people that really need it.