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hannah's case photopage
September 22nd, 2010
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Apprehensive behavior leading to aggression | The Whos in Charge Issue | Short Attention Span
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more apprehensive - less dominant
Hannah is happy to follow - she just needs a leader

Hannah came into camp confused, evasive and self defensive - I believe the aggression she showed over food and toys and such was more an action of perceived self defense than dominance issues.
click here to view Hannah's avoidance behavior
this video was taken after Hannah had been in camp a week - and shows no sign of a dominate temperament - her apprehensive/avoidance/possessive behavior was much more pronounced than this video shows when she first arrived.
Much time has been spent building up her confidence and relieving her of that "who's in charge" issue - she has been able to become much more tolerant of others now that she knows and believes someone else is making the everyday environmental decisions - ie - here at camp she does not feel the pressure of decision making responsibility.
Her camp teaching buddy is Tanner.
click here to view her meeting others video
click here for part 2

so many great things about this little white boxer girl - she is well worth the time it takes to teach her - hopefully her forever human will give her that time - she will give so much in return
click here to view Hannah's learning to share video | click here for part 2 | click here for part 3 | click here for part 4
click here to see Hannah joining in and enjoying it | click here for part 2

Tanner, Hannah's camp bud and learning partner, worked and worked, coaxed, tempted and did everything he could think of to get Hannah to play with him but she kept saying no.
click here to view Tanner's "please play with me" video

Tanner is relentless and finally broke down Hannah's defenses with his invites to play - she just gives it all up.
click here to view Hannah and Tanner's play video

Below are two videos showing Hannah's first time outside with both Marnie and Tanner - these videos show both her avoidance at being pushed behavior and her aggressive behavior when she feels overloaded. It also shows how quickly she will stop when corrected. Her challenging behavior can easily be mis-diagnosed as a dominant behavior, however it is reactive behavior. This clearly shows the difference between fear and apprehensive behavior. Hannah's temperament is apprehensive, not fearful.
click here to view Hannah's outside with Marnie and Tanner video | click here for part two