BECOME A ‘DOG WHISPERER’
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pent-up energy, too. It may also be beneficial to practice obedience exercises and games that challenge your dog.
Discipline To put a stop to the behavior, you’ll first need to change any of your behavior that’s reinforcing it. Any attention your dog gets when he’s barking — even yelling, “Rover, stop!” — teaches him to keep going, because you’re rewarding him with attention. Wait until your dog has stopped barking to give him any sort of attention, including looking at them. “To be successful with this method, you must wait as long as it takes for him to stop barking,” advises the Humane Society. Affection Of course, your dog needs love and attention to thrive — a lack of it could contribute to barking behavior. Reinforce silence by giving your dog a treat and an encouraging pat when she demonstrates good behavior, like not barking. “Our pups want to work for our attention,” Cesar Millan reminds us. “Allowing her to do that and to see your happiness is, to your dog, the biggest reward of all.” To make your training program successful, consistency is key. Enlist the help of the whole family to stick to the principles. Together, you can foster a calm, peaceful home where you and your dog happily coexist.
Your whole family adores your dog — but not the barking. This issue can lead to feelings of frustration, and the more frustrated you get, the more your dog barks. It’s their only way of communicating, and they’re telling you, “My needs are not being met.” As Cesar Millan, the original “dog whisperer,” explains, “A barking dog needs exercise, discipline, and affection, in that order.” Exercise Part of the barking issue may be due to pent-up energy. According to the humane society, “A tired dog is a good dog and one who is less likely to bark from boredom or frustration.” If you already take your pup on a morning walk, try adding in an evening walk. You could add it to your child’s chore list and help get out some of the kid’s With Halloween on the horizon, you might be thinking about all things spooky: how to create the most frightening costume, how to build the most terrifying haunted house, or how to pull off the most alarming prank. In their considerations regarding the holiday craze, most people tend to overlook the scariest trend in the world of criminal justice. Here at Medlin Law Firm, our attorneys consider police officers’ tendencies to search cars without probable cause to be the worst of all. With an average of over 2 million traffic stops occurring in Texas each year, we believe it is important that civilians know their rights when they are pulled over. This is why we wanted to specifically highlight the four instances in which officers can search their car without a warrant. Plain View This instance might seem fairly straightforward, but if a policeman approaches your car and sees illegal paraphernalia, such as an open alcohol container or drug-related substances, then they have the right to search your vehicle. 2. Search Incident to Arrest When an officer has probable cause to arrest you, they may have the right to search your car. However, 1.
THE SCARIEST TREND IN THE WORLD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
there are many limitations to this, and officers often search cars illegally. Do not consent to a search!
3. Combination of Suspicions When an officer has probable cause to believe your car may contain contraband or evidence of a crime, the officer MAY have legal cause to search your car without a warrant. Typically this occurs when the officer claims to smell marijuana. However, we often find that officers lie about the odor of marijuana. 4. You Give Consent Regardless of any other factors, if you give an officer consent to search your vehicle, then they have the right to do so. As you can see from this list, there are very specific circumstances that require you to exit your vehicle to allow it to be searched. This is why you should be cautious when allowing voluntary searches, because even if you were stopped for a traffic violation like speeding or failing to signal, you haven’t forfeited the rights you have as a citizen. If you have any other questions regarding these rights, please feel free to reach out to our attorneys here at Medlin Law Firm.
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