A calm, science-backed explanation of what fearful dogs are really experiencing. Fearful dogs are often misunderstood.Their behaviour can look dramatic — barking, freezing, hiding, lunging, shaking, refusing to move — but the emotions underneath are anything but dramatic. They are real.They are heavy.And they are deeply rooted in the nervous system. When we learn to look beneath the outward behaviour, everything makes more sense.The dog is not being “difficult.”They’re trying