When we have a dog with challenging behaviour, it’s become very popular to find a label for it, blame something fundamentally wrong with the dog, or go straight to an unnecessary medical intervention or complicated training plan to fix it. Yes - in some cases these are valid and necessary for the individual. BUT in all cases, we need to get the basics right first and then see what we have. Often these basics make a massive difference without having to escalate to more extreme interventions, and