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Zeek doesn't like other dogs...

Posted June 24th, 2010 by gsdmom
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Hello.. I have a 11mo old German Shepherd he has been through basic 1 training and did pretty good .. we got him at 3mos and he was, and still is very nippy, and everytime he sees another dog (big or little) he goes crazy and wants to attack them, not sure why. we can't even take him to the dog park anymore because of this. When we are on a walk I have to stop and restrain him while other people walk by with there dog. he will even try to bite me to get to them...not sure what to do ...Bark Busters is to expensive right now.. and I'm afaid to go to a class with other dogs.. any suggestions...

Asha - reactive behaviour?

Posted March 29th, 2010 by Voodoodoll
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Hi all, I'm looking for some ideas on how to deal with my dogs hyperactive behaviour. Asha is an 18 month old Maltese/shih-tzu. We also have a 12 month old female English staffy, Bella. We walk/run/bike/play frisbee with the dogs for 30-60 minutes a day.

SCARED OF THE WORLD AT 10 WEEKS

Posted November 26th, 2009 by caroline
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Aidan I have a question about a little puppy that was born near our house. The mother is a very fearful dog. She is a stray who hangs around in this village. She has gravitated toward us as we give her food and show her kindness. She hangs around our house and gave birth to her pups on our land. (only 2 survived) She kept them hidden but she let us come near and pick them up.

No longer social

Posted September 16th, 2009 by bluefilly
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I have had Rastus, an Australian terrier (or some similar breed) since 2001 when he was 7. He is now 15, a little slower, a little blue tinge over his eyes, hearing not what it was.

Part of my walk takes him past the off-leash area, where there are often lots of dogs. He slows down and then stops as he gets close. He used to be friendly towards other dogs, wagging his tail and they would sniff each other happily.

fearful/reactive behavior

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Posted June 21st, 2009 by gkarlkvist
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I have a 14 month old Chesapeake Bay Retriever mix that I rescued when he was 8 weeks old. The first 4 months he was fine--showed no signs of being fearful of friends and strangers entering our house. At about 5 months of age, he started to be fearful of people barking and growling at them and when I took him to dog training, lunging at the other dogs. After about 3 months I stopped taking him to training because it was way too stressful for him even though the trainers kept on telling me this is what he needed, that he would get over it. On walks he also would lunge at other dogs.

Mr Hooper's Sketch

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Posted June 19th, 2009 by Aidan
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Twenty-seven years ago I was twice my daughter's age. For those of you who want to do the math, my daughter is currently two and a half years old - just old enough to start enjoying Sesame Street.

Sometimes I eat my breakfast watching TV with my daughter. Not a whole lot has changed on Sesame Street in the last twenty-seven or so years, even a lot of the original cast is still there. Big Bird hasn't aged a day, even if his puppeteer, Carol Spinner, has.

Dog to Dog aggresion

Posted June 5th, 2009 by Kaos
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I am an avid clicker trainer and all my dogs are trained using one. I am also working on expanding my knowledge as a Trainer. I have a Golden Retriever that get growly face at other dogs. However, it is not all the time. She does not lunge at other dogs. She sometimes even will greet them with mutual sniffing. Then go into attack mode. Other times she just instantly loves the other dog.

Problems with Pascua

Posted May 29th, 2009 by caroline
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Pascua came to us as an abandoned dog in march last year,a young Brittany Spaniel,she was only about a year old and seemed very timid and frightened. She followed me like a shadow all the way home whilst I was out walking with our other dog. We decided to let her stay.

Shyness, Fear

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Posted November 17th, 2008 by Aidan
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From http://www.kevinhogan.com:
"Question: How does a person overcome shyness?

Answer: There is new research that shows some people are born with a propensity to be shy. Carl Schwartz of Harvard Medical School and his colleagues conducted brain scans on 22 adults as they looked at pictures of familiar and unfamiliar faces.

my dog turns to steel

Posted September 9th, 2008 by zrahiim
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I adopted my dog three years ago, and she was a lot of work. At 6 months she was not housebroken and over-excited about everything. Thanks to crate training and consistency she's much better especially when she's in the house. Here's the problem: she gets super excited when she sees other dogs, and wants to play. When I try to briskly walk her away from other dogs her body tenses up and she becomes frozen. She will not move, and sometimes eve trembles with excitement. It looks aggressive, but it's not. I have tried to distract her with food and this sometimes works.

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