This in turn will usually be interpreted as “the dog attacked without reason” by an inexperienced owner, when in reality, that very same owner is to blame. Then, the next time the dog feels threatened, he will remember what happened the last time he tried to warn a potential threat by growling, and go straight to biting instead. Do this enough times, and the dog will stop using growling as a warning signal altogether. If you respond by alpha rolling the dog into forced submission, you are also suppressing his natural behavior (growling is natural), and teaching the dog that growling is ineffective as a warning signal. For example: a growl is usually the dogs way of saying “back off, or I’ll bite!”. Since alpha rolling is often done in response to something the handler considers “wrong”, it effectively contributes to the suppression of warning signals that the dog gives off before something more serious takes place, such as a bite. What if you were insecure about something and someone forcibly pinned you to the ground? Would that make you more or less insecure? Suppression does not equal correction In other words, when you really should work with the dog to help him overcome his insecurities, you are instead manhandling him exacerbating the problem. Since the large majority of aggression and behavioral problems stem from insecurities (not because he wants to “dominate” you/someone else), forcibly alpha rolling the dog will just serve to make the problem even worse. When the dog realizes that he can’t win, he will move on to option three, submit, and hope that you will go away if he remains completely still. In many cases you will experience that the dog attempts to fight, which is option two. When performing an alpha roll you are forcibly holding the dog in place, thus eliminating option one, which is flight. If option 1 and 2 fail or are otherwise unavailable, submitting is a last ditch effort to communicate not being a threat, and hoping that the danger will go away. If presented with danger, fight to protect. If presented with danger, flee to get away. To understand this, you must first understand the three basic mechanisms a dog has when faced with danger. What alpha rolling really does to your dog You think that a firm alpha rolls shows the dog that you are strong, and willing to take charge. What you think alpha rolling tells the dog about you In your head (and I don’t blame you), this will effectively establish you as the “pack leader”, and the dog will be content now knowing it’s proper place in the “pack hierarchy”.

What you think alpha rolling does to your dogĪs you’ve probably been led to believe by reading a dated book, or by watching the more recent “Dog Whisperer” by Cesar Millan, you’re under the impression that your dog needs to be told who’s in charge and that the best way to do that, is via an alpha roll. It is dangerous and based on flawed understanding of how dogs work. The objective is to assert “who’s boss”, and for the dog to reach what popular media has dubbed “calm submission”. Aided by the puzzles hidden everywhere you’ll discover what went down in here years ago, as you head towards a grisly climax.To those unaware, alpha rolling is the physical act of forcibly rolling a dog over on his side or back, pinning him there until he is forced to submit. Why was this orphanage even abandoned? What happened to the girls? All their stuff is still there, like they didn’t even have time to pack.

Everything has been left in perfect condition, the thick layer of dust being the only thing that betrays the fact that no one has been here for ages. While you slowly find your way in the old, dark orphanage and uncover more and more chambers inside, you discover the kind of world the orphan girls were spending their days in. But did the orphaned girls’ souls ever really leave? Or have they stuck around, waiting for someone that wants to come play with them?

If Walls Could Whisper is a blood-curdling adventure that takes place in the old girls’ orphanage that has always been located in this building. The floor creaks under your feet with every step as if trying to say: ‘Leave here’. The cobwebs along the yellowed walls are proof that no one has been inside here for ages and yet, occasionally, you feel like you hear something. You know no one’s there and yet you feel chills crawling along your back when you push open the old oaken door. You know that the girls’ orphanage that used to be in this location has been empty for years.

Danger the whisperer