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Good to know! I think it’s important to remember that, even if she is not receiving a physical aversive, she is being stopped from doing some thing that she wants or feels driven to do. So if we stick to the pyramid and think about ethology (it probably is related to the licking and Flehmen response to some extent, given the context) and then about ABA, which is the umbrella for behavior modification, we can come up with a plan to solve the issue. If we want to change her behavior, an easy way to do it is to replace it with an action that the animal can take. I would give her another opportunity to utilize her Vomeronasal organ in a positive way, like fishing for chicken, while utilizing obedience to control her interactions with the other dogs and children. I actually like the suggestion for the place command better than a recall because it gives her a locality and a visual aid. Giving her a new behavior that she can receive reward or punishment for, while giving her a positive outlet for the the behavior we don’t like (instead of only focusing on quashing this physiological or emotional behavior) would be my plan of action.
