Dear Alecia, I’m so glad to see DogTipper has a trainer “on staff” now. I’d like help with a toy-sized dog with fear-aggression toward larger dogs. What can I do? He’s not a very secure and confident dog and shows submissive behavior with most everybody. We’ve taken two dog obedience classes and didn’t finish the …
Whether through life events they’ve endured or–most commonly–just plain lack of socialization, some dogs are shy. (Our own dog Irie is shy–while Tiki is as outgoing as can be, and both are rescues.) We recently heard from a reader who wrote us for advice to help her shy rescue dog. We turned to dog trainer …
Dear Alecia: I have a doxie that when I call her she lays over and does the submissive thing. It is so much harder to pick her up from this angle without hurting her back. How can I stop her from doing this? Sophie came from a horrendous puppymill – she is your typical stubborn …
Dear Dr. Diane, Help! My puppy seems terrified when I put a collar or harness on her. She immediately stops playing, she cowers and won’t willingly go outside to go potty and even then she just huddles in a corner, shaking. For safety reasons we want to be able to put a leash on when …
Dear Dr. Diane, I have a 5-year-old, 45-pound rescued dog – possibly sheltie/white lab/terrier mix…I don’t know! I got him at about 4 months old, and he’s a very loyal affectionate loving dog but he has severe anxiety and dog aggression. I don’t know what happened to him in his first four months but the …