The Long Line Is the Management

structure counts as prevention and prevention is management. I use patterns and predictability to teach comfort, then I break those specifically because of the anticipation. Over arousal can go both ways. Some dogs actually go down in arousal and the reason they go down is to get bored. Like healing in a straight line where you stop every 20 feet and give them a cookie. Those dogs start losing arousal because they have no reason to pay attention.