I am constantly asked by people in the dog world about my methods on dealing with dog on dog aggression. I guess because I have had really good success with dogs that others have deemed unfixable, I have been labeled as an aggressive dog specialist. I never set out to specialize in any one area…
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Beware the High Cost of Ownership When Adopting A Dog Or Puppy
Adam writes: Animal Lovers, Please Be Aware of High Ownership Costs: PEOPLE love their pets, but how often do they think about the costs? The question is akin to asking which child we love more. Yet the reality is that pets cost far more than many people expect. And right now, as the economy continues…
Stop Dog Aggression When People Pass By
Corie writes to me about territorial dog aggression: Our rescue husky/heeler cross dog is 1.5 years old. I’ve made a lot of progress with him with your suggestion of the pinch collar and leash and boundary training. He is a nervous dog that is really afraid of everything and when people come up to him…
Dealing with Strange Housebreaking Issues
Cruzmisl writes to me about some strange housebreaking issues: “I took my 4 month old Great Dane out for a long walk in the woods today and everything was great. We were gone an hour and everything was as usual. She came in the house, took a drink from her bowl upstairs and then went…
Keeping Your Puppy From Eating Too Fast
TeamK writes to me with a puppy training issue: Our female black lab came from a litter of 12. Brought her home at 7 1/2 weeks. She is now 11 1/2 weeks. At first of course we figured it was how they needed to eat just to get food, but it’s gotten worse. She eats…
Potty Training a Puppy
Jandon writes to me about potty training a puppy: I’m about three weeks into potty training my (four month old) puppy and now he comes and sits in front of me as a signal to go out. I take him out and he usually does his buisness rather timely. The problem is that he does…
Dog Off the Leash in the Country
Pip Writes to me: Adam, We live on an acre of property in the country. On three sides of us are open fields and orchard and in front we have a very busy country avenue. Our place in not fenced except for a back yard area where we keep our dogs. We have a seven…
Rescued Miniature Poodle with Dog Aggressive Behavior
Martiwise writes to me about her dog’s aggressive behavior: Hello…. We “adopted” an 8 year old minature poodle at Thanksgiving….. from a home in which he was neglected (therefore abused to me). The house contained 30 dogs and 1,000 rats when it was highlighted on TV new program. He was the oldest dog and the…
Dog Refuses to Go Outside
jomackenzie writes to me: I adopted a terrier mix 7 year old male dog whose owner had died. They lived in Beirut and he was put in a dog shelter there for about 9 months. Rocco was brought to France & fostered for 4 months in the countryside until I adopted him in October. From…
Lab loses interest in fetch
dana.hanson writes to me: Hello, I have a 3 year old rescue lab who I would consider very ball motivated. Because he has some dog aggression issues (which we’re working on, but that’s a whole other episode), for exercise I take him to the park to play fetch, rather than go on long walks because…