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Treating aggression involves identifying the specific triggers that initiaties the aggressive tendencies and desensitize your dog to the trigger. In your case, your dog's trigger is dog approaching when you are nearby. Try this: Enlist the help of a friend with a dog Keep both dogs on leash Watch...

Hi Kristen, You are overall doing a lot of things correct, but you are moving too quickly. If a dog "feels" like growling repeatedly or actually growls when someone is near her food, then she will be more tense the next time someone starts to approach her food. You need to go slowly enough...

Dog daycares are quite common in Chicago. Especially these days with the economy in shambles, people have a tendency to work longer hours and might even need to take on a second job to make ends meet. It is easy to feel guilty about dogs not getting enough exercise or attention. So many people look into...

Dogs exhibit specific signs of stress when they are under duress. If you know what to look for in your dog aggressive dog, you can help him remain calm around dogs. To do this, you need to learn his specific signals and then move him away when stress occurs. If day in and day out your dog is kept comfortable...

You need to lower her anxiety around all stimuli that she is currently reacting to. Over time, she will learn to be calm instead of reactive. I strongly urge you not to roll her. You might have heard this from the Dog Whisperer or other traditional trainers. This is a really bad idea. Read this post...

Hello, I have a two-year-old female dog and I just adopted a four-month-old male pup. They get along pretty well, and my first dog has been getting better at sharing her toys and stuff with him. However, she doesn't seem to be able to get over her food issue. She's from a shelter and she's...

I was speaking with a client the other day about her dog that is afraid of men. Her dog is a rescue, had a rough background including some abuse by the previous owner. She had always been a little skittish around men, but until recently she had not been growling and now my client was concerned because...

Hello. Behavior changes like this often are attributed to something called Barrier Frustration. Read this post about it to see if it might be the culprit for your guy. Besides that, often dog park behavior sounds bad to us but is completely acceptable to other canines. However, if his behavior is causing...

Hi Karen, You need to work with a skilled positive reinforcement trainer to come into your home and get your puppy back on track. There are certain topics that lend themselves to help on the Forums, but aggression often needs the assistance of someone in your home to help. You don't want to waste...

Hi Susie, I would not leave resources for them when you are not there if they have access to each other or there is bound to be trouble. I would either separate them with baby gates and give them resources, or only give them Kongs when you are there to work with them. To work on this situation, here...