# Rocco · aggression program

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## How it’s going

### Case status summary

- Since the Oct 2 intake, Rocco has had 3 logged incidents. Trigger distance grew from 10 to 25 to 40 ft, and recovery fell from 15m to 6m to 2m, down from 10+ min at consult. Next is session 4: keep both games going and add a walk past the quiet fenced yard on Elm.

### Trigger distance vs recovery time

- Trigger distance — 2026-10-09T13:30:00.000Z: 10 ft, 2026-10-15T02:15:00.000Z: 25 ft, 2026-10-21T13:45:00.000Z: 40 ft
- Recovery time — 2026-10-09T13:30:00.000Z: 15 min, 2026-10-15T02:15:00.000Z: 6 min, 2026-10-21T13:45:00.000Z: 2 min

## Plans

### 12-week core program

- [ ] Coaching session 4
- [ ] Coaching session 5
- [ ] Coaching session 6
- [ ] Coaching session 7
- [ ] Coaching session 8
- [ ] Coaching session 9
- [ ] Coaching session 10
- [ ] Final reassessment: maintenance, or a four- or eight-session extension

### Homework until session 4

- [ ] Look-at-that from the car at the park (5 min) (Every day at 5:30 PM)
- [ ] Pattern game on the evening walk (Every day at 8:00 PM)

## Templates

### Incident

Tags: Incident

```
**Trigger:** [text]
**Distance:** [number] ft
**What Rocco did:** [paragraph]
**Recovery time:** [duration]

[paragraph]
{{Anything else: where you were, what you did next}}
```

## Tags

Incident, Session, Intake

## Latest records

### Oct 21, 2026

**Trigger:** Off-leash dog at the park entrance
**Distance:** 40 ft
**What Rocco did:** Stiffened, then looked back at me
**Recovery time:** 2m

He checked in before I said anything. We left calmly.

Tags: Incident

### Oct 20, 2026

**Coaching session 3**
Moved in to 45 ft from the park fence. He recovered from a barking dog in under 2 minutes.

**Homework until session 4:** same two games, plus one walk past the quiet fenced yard on Elm.

Tags: Session

### Oct 15, 2026

**Trigger:** Dog walker with two dogs
**Distance:** 25 ft
**What Rocco did:** Froze, hard stare, one bark
**Recovery time:** 6m

Scattered treats. He took them after about a minute.

Tags: Incident

### Oct 13, 2026

**Coaching session 2**
Look-at-that at 60 ft from the dog park fence. Rocco offered 8 check-ins in 10 minutes.

**Homework until session 3:**
- [ ] Look-at-that from the car at the park, 5 minutes a day
- [ ] Pattern game on every walk (1, 2, 3, treat)
- [ ] Log any incident in the Incident template the same day

Tags: Session

### Oct 9, 2026

**Trigger:** Neighbor’s dog behind the fence
**Distance:** 10 ft
**What Rocco did:** Lunged and barked, spun on the leash
**Recovery time:** 15m

Surprised at the corner. We U-turned but he kept looking back.

Tags: Incident

### Oct 7, 2026

**Written Safety and Management Plan**
- Walks at quiet times (before 7 am, after 8 pm), on the long route away from the fenced yards
- Front-clip harness and a 6 ft leash, treats ready before the door opens
- Yard time on a long line until session 4
- No dog visitors in the house for now
- If a dog shows up inside 30 ft: U-turn, scatter treats, leave

Tags: Session

### Oct 6, 2026

**Two-hour consultation**
We went through Rocco’s behavior, triggers, health history, bite history, home environment and daily routines.
- **Triggers:** dogs on leash inside about 30 ft, dogs behind fences, the mail truck
- **Warning signs:** freeze, hard stare, tail high and still
- **Recovery:** often 10 minutes or more of pacing after a reaction

Next: the written safety and management plan, then weekly coaching.

Tags: Session

### Oct 2, 2026

**Aggression Training Application** (received Oct 2)
**Dog:** Rocco, 3-year-old neutered male, shepherd mix
**Concern:** Lunges and barks at other dogs on leash. Snapped at a visiting dog in the yard in September.
**Bite history:** One bite to another dog (Sept 14, punctures, no stitches). No people.
**Health:** Vet check in August, no known pain.
**Goal:** Walk the neighborhood without a blowup.

Tags: Intake