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Resilience
When we refer to a response as being resilient, we mean that it is tenacious, resistant to change, and unlikely to stop any time soon unless an effective intervention is implemented to make that change occur.
As a general rule, the newer a response is, the more fragile it will be. In contrast, the longer a response has been established and the more times it has been repeated, the more tenaciously resilient it will be, and the more difficult it will be to get it stopped.
That is why the wise dog handler always strives to anticipate potential problems, and head them off before they ever have a chance to take root.