Frustration Tolerance – Strong Nerves, Less Stress

Frustration and stress are inextricably linked. Like every emotion, frustration serves a deeper purpose and is meant to encourage us to improve our situation. Only when this is accepted as impossible can the body's system address a new solution: frustration tolerance. This then regulates emotions, and stress also decreases.

But what exactly is stress if the feeling is frustration? Another feeling, or something completely different? And when is stress necessary and when is it too much?

Understanding these connections clarifies so much in dog behavior. It helps people with training and shows necessities in handling and predictable reactions of dogs. As always, knowledge makes everything easier and helps to profitably deal with a dog's behavior in real life.

This way, we benefit from a well-behaved dog that makes sensible decisions. And the dog benefits from more confidence and composure in everyday life. In this webinar, the connections between frustration and stress will become clear, and how good frustration tolerance affects stress management. It's about ways to support the dog, encourages us to overcome difficult times with confidence, and makes us want to practice together.

Learn in this webinar:

• how frustration arises in dogs and why it is important,
• what frustration tolerance truly means,
• how stress and frustration are related – and influence each other,
• how to recognize when stress becomes too much,
• how to specifically support your dog in dealing with frustration,
• what role your own attitude and reaction play,
• practical strategies for more composure in everyday life, and
  
• why frustration tolerance is the basis for relaxed training.

Our Expert:

Maren Grote is a trained and certified dog trainer, author, and lecturer. She holds seminars, workshops, webinars, and online courses. Since 2004, she has worked with dogs and their owners and advises colleagues in training and continuing education.

More about the expert: 

https://marengrote.de/

Photo credit: Anna Auerbach/KOSMOS