Understand dogs, reduce attacks

Understand dogs, reduce attacks

As dog attacks make headlines the public response often centres on punishment, tighter controls or restrictions like banning leash-free spaces, says Noosa dog trainer Jo Burton who believes these measures miss the root of the problem which isn’t dangerous dogs, it’s the unnatural lives we’re asking dogs to live and a lack of education. “Dogs are not attacking out of nowhere,” she said. “They are responding to stress, confusion, lack of enrichmen…