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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...

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...

Ever see a dog growling around his food bowl? Ever see those "Funniest Home Videos" shows where a dog is showing teeth while standing over a bone? You have witnessed something called Resource Guarding, a form of dog aggression. This form of aggression is fairly common, but easily preventable...