It is so simple – following the "crying baby" model for filling the need as soon as it arises, ASBDs can be entirely avoided as well as cured by giving focussed attention immediately and as soon as the request has been received.
This does not mean one has to put one’s entire life on hold or "run rings around the dog" – it is literally a simple little flash of attention at the right time and when first asked for it; the classic "a stitch in time saves nine" principle.
Rather than "rewarding" attention seeking behaviour, it never gets to escalate, the dogs energy system remains balanced and the disturbed behaviours never need take place at all.
As the babies who are fed when they are hungry cry markedly less or not at all, dogs who receive attention energy (or love or recognition energy) when they ask for it, their attention seeking behaviours become markedly less frequent, markedly less dramatic and may cease altogether once the system has been in operation for a while and the dog has understood that not only can it get what it needs just for the asking, but also it’s energy system has become more robust, more healthy, more resilient and won’t collapse when there is a time when attention is in short supply.
