Dear Alecia, I just adopted a 2-year-old, female, a Labrador. She’s an all around good, sweet dog. She responds well to basic training. We can leave her in the house when we’re gone and she doesn’t chew up anything, although, I think she barks and whines while we’re gone. My problem is whenever we lay …
Dear Alecia, Hi, I brought my 4-year-old bichon from a previous relationship. He was head of the house and lay on the bed and sofa all the time. I tried to stop this but my ex-partner allowed him so never made any progress. My new partner did not agree with this and was quite strict …
Dear Alecia, My mom and dad have a shitzu-poodle mix that is about 2 years old. And when they watch my 2 dogs (bichon-poo and a goldendoodle) they play great together with hardly any issues. But they recently got a golden doodle of their own and their old dog hates him. He snaps at him …
Dear Alecia, I was standing near a pantry door and my husband entered the area. For no reason, Lucky bit my husband’s foot. It was a good thing my husband had sneakers on. My dog has attacked my husband on other occasions, and it’s usually at night. I have to go to bed before my …
Dear Alecia, I have a 3.75-year-old Westie-Poo who tries to “prowl” towards dogs when he sees them on walks and then surprise them by lunging. He started doing this around a year ago. He’s been to puppy classes and socialized with other dogs from the get go (after getting his shots and all I mean). …