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My husband and I bought our Weimaraner puppy from a breeder when she was 3 months old. She is now 6 months and she has never warmed up to my husband. The second day we had her, she bit my husband out of fear. Normally she will just growl at him and hide in her crate. She will take a treat from him and...

With aggression is it important that dogs do not rehearse the behavior. If Ni-Night ends up getting aggressive around dogs or Josh time after time, then the behavior will definitely continue and probably get worse. What you need to do is desensitize him to the situations that currently cause him stress...

My ex-boyfriend and I rescued Ni-Night about 3 yrs ago now, he's a black lab/American Pit Bull mix. The vet mentioned he was around 2 yrs of age at the time of his rescue. Prior to rescuing him we had Jewel, a female Pit Bull/Rottweiler mix around the same age. She was the definate Alpha of them...

Hi Darla. Thanks for the question and welcome to the community. To help fearful dogs, I recommend desensitization and counter conditioning. Desensitization occurs when a dog is introduced to the stimuli (in this case a person) at a low enough intensity so she doesn't react. You will then counter...

Sometimes it is impossible to know why a dog is acting a certain way. All you know at this moment is that it is happening. Possible reasons include: Residual pain from the accident and your sister touched an areas of your dog's body at one point causing pain. He relates her to this incident and doesn't...