FAQ

Apologizing to your dog involves using calm body language, a gentle tone, and positive reinforcement to reestablish trust and show you mean no harm.

The 3-3-3 rule is a general guideline for understanding how long it takes a rescue dog to adjust to a new home: 3 days to decompress, 3 weeks to learn the routine, and 3 months to build trust.

Apologize to your dog through soothing tone, gentle gestures, and positive attention, as dogs respond best to immediate sensory and social cues.

The 3-3-3 rule with dogs refers to the typical adjustment phases for a newly adopted dog: 3 days to decompress, 3 weeks to learn the routine, and 3 months to feel at home.

Apologizing to your dog involves calmly using a gentle tone, positive body language, and affectionate gestures like petting or offering a treat to rebuild trust.

Dogs have both thoughts and feelings; while their cognition is rooted in the present, they can solve problems, remember past events, and experience a range of emotions.

Dogs likely do not have an inner voice like humans, but their cognition allows for present-focused thoughts and basic mental imagery based on sensory experiences.

Dogs think largely about immediate needs and experiences, informed by their senses, instincts, training, and emotional interactions with humans and other animals.

Dogs spend their days thinking primarily about present-moment experiences, such as food, safety, social connection, and interpreting sensory and emotional cues.

Dogs think primarily in the present moment, focusing on immediate needs and social cues. Their cognition is shaped by memory, sensory input, emotional connections, and learning from humans and other dogs.