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Building the Foundation for Change: Sensory Positive Experiences and Balance Exercises as Essential Precursors to Behavioral Intervention in the Canine Neurobiological Systems Science Framework

Abstract The increasing prevalence of complex canine behavioral cases, particularly those involving trauma histories, has exposed a critical gap in traditional intervention models. Desensitization and counterconditioning (DS/CC), while empirically supported, frequently fail in these populations not due to technical flaws, but due to a fundamental structural mismatch: they are applied to systems lacking the neurobiological capacity to process them. This paper introduces Sensor

The Systems Behind Costumes on Canine Psychology: A Professional Analysis

Sparky Smith, MSST, ISCP.Dip.Canine.Prac., MCMA, SSBB Systems Scientist | Architect of Canine Neurobiological Systems Science (CNSS) | Enterprise Transformation Strategist ORCID iD: 0009-0006-8265-7488 As someone who has dedicated 30+ years to systems dynamics in both Fortune 500 environments and canine behavioral science, I've observed striking parallels in how causal loops affect complex systems across domains. My work developing the Canine Neurobiological Systems Sci

The Knot: Why We Keep Losing to Aversive Training (And Why Your Best Ideas Won’t Fix It Alone)

I need to tell you something that might be frustrating to hear. For the past decade, we’ve been fighting aversive dog training methods with everything we have. We’ve published research. We’ve created beautiful force-free content. We’ve pushed for legislation. We’ve built better education programs. We’ve organized campaigns, written articles, spoken at conferences, and poured our hearts into showing people there’s a better way. And aversive training keeps growing. Not because

It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better" for Dog Behavior Professionals

"As we work together, you need to know that things will get worse before they get better ..." There’s a moment every trainer or...

Jun 24 min read