This section includes PDF reference material for Leslie McDevitt's various Pattern Games

What is reactivity? It's a catchall term for behavior typically exhibited on a leash or behind a barrier like a door or a fence. The dog...

Clients often ask me if their anxious, fearful, or aggressive dog needs prescription medication to cope. Sometimes, they ask about things...

"Reactivity" is a popular blanket term to describe dogs who are less than calm and collected when passing other dogs, strangers, cars,...

Many dogs lack the ability to control themselves when excited. They jump, they mouth, and they tend to act before they think. They don't...