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     Fight and Flight is the distance between prey and predator that allows a choice. Outside the fight and flight distance the prey has both time and space in its favour to decide how to react - at this point it can take flight. Once the predator reaches the edge of fight and flight, the tension mounts and the choices become limited. If the predator steps inside the fight and flight, the choice of flight has gone and the only remaining option is to fight Understanding the fight and flight distance and being able to read it correctly not only helps us to understand our dogs but also helps in dealing with aggression. A confident, placid dog with no aggression will show few signs of unease when another dog is quite a distance outside its fight and flight. But a dog that is dominant will have a far greater reach of distance and will begin to show signs of changed body language when quite a distance from another dog. It’s similar with human beings, we all have our pe...

                                                                            Easing the Pressure What ever would we do if we didn't have a clock to watch? We go to bed at a certain time so we can be up in the morning at a certain time, this enables us to get to work on time. There is a time for 'tea-breaks' lunch comes in the middle of the working day then its time for home, just in time to eat and go to bed at a certain time........ Not everyone is bound by set working times. Some work for themselves and therefore, to an extent, can dictate their own daily schedule. But even then there is work to be done before the end of the day and if it doesn't get done it will mean working late, or trying to 'catch up' the next day. Then there are those who do not have a set schedule at all but are still ...