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Can Pain Cause Dog Reactivity? Understanding Behavior, Form, and Function In the world of canine behavior, proper physical form and function matter immensely. While design theory says form follows function, in the canine body, solid form drives effective function. When a dog moves efficiently and naturally, we call this moving without compensation. However, when a dog's body compensates—meaning one group of muscles takes over the job of an injured or weak muscle group—the bod

While we are starting to learn about the function that movement has in a dog's life, we also have to understand one simple impact that movement has on behavior. Let's first dissect what behavior is. Most people may think behavior is very choice-oriented to the dog where they act out of spite or revenge, stubbornness, or the dog is simply just trying to be difficult. These are simply not true. Dogs don't surround their entire life on morals, what's right and wrong, or to ple