Help! My Dog Hates the Mail Carrier! Top Five Training Do's and Don't's Unknowingly, we humans reinforce the exact behaviors we want our dogs to stop doing. And there is no greater example of this than [...]
Help with an Aggressive Dog Here is a recent email I received from a distraught lady in South Africa (published with her permission) about her beautiful but aggressive dog, Axel. It’s pretty lengthy but because it [...]
A few times a year, every trainer finds himself or herself in a difficult situation. A new client has a dog with one or more behavioral issues but after speaking with the client and evaluating the [...]
Q: My 3-1/2 year-old German shepherd is really a very good dog. However, he got loose not too long ago and was picked up by animal control. They said they had a hard time with him because [...]
Q: My five-year-old son, who is bipolar, sometimes gets rough in playing with my year-old puppy. My son is the only person the dog has this aggression toward. I try to be sure they are never alone [...]
Q: I have two adult dogs. The problem is when the two of them are together. When I walk one or the other — NO problem. But when I walk the two of them together they go [...]
Q: We have an almost 7-year old female Shepherd mix. Other than one dog that she’s okay with, she is aggressive to other dogs. She attacked a neighbor’s dog a few years ago which resulted in many [...]
Q: When my husband and I merged our households, we each had dogs (both were 13 years old) and we got a third dog together, who is 3 years old. I also have a cat who is [...]
Q: Does positive training work for an aggressive dog? A: In a word, yes. However, a DVD or book alone will not handle an aggression problem. But educational materials may help you understand why positive training is so [...]
Q: My dog just goes nuts whenever I try to put his leash on. He jumps, paws and bites my hand which really hurts. Sometimes he gets the leash and acts like he’s killing a snake. He [...]
