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Does anybody else in the forum cope with anxiety? Yesterday I was with my local trainer and he pointed how tense I was all the time and how dangerous that could come to be around Miúra, my new 4 month old pup, who's a dominant dog. This made me very concerned yet again about owning a dog that...

I have a pitbull, and ever since he was a puppy he has been very dominant. However, I dismissed this kind of behavior because he listened well to me, played well with other dogs and never showed any real aggression. He would socialize just fine. After my brother with two more unfixed male...

**Sorry for the long post but I need help** I just recently got an 8 week old female Chihuahua puppy. I am concerned that she is showing severe sings of dominance related aggression. I will first mention that I have raised a beautifully submissive and well mannered male Chihuahua who is now 2...

Hi all, so basically we've had our puppy for around 8 months now. We got her at the pound when she was 10 weeks old. She's a mixed breed, looks like collie/husky/lurcher. As a very young puppy she was quite well behaved but as time progressed her behaviour just got more and more out of control...

My boyfriend has a pit bull that's about two years old, I just got a doberman puppy and we're going to be moving in together, once I finish packing anyway. (Don't ask why I didn't wait to get the doberman until we moved in together when I'm getting ready to move, he was free and the lady...

My 5 month husky/malamute has developed a liking to body slamming into my father and I. She also likes to put her mouth around peoples' hands, and while she has a soft mouth, this gets quite annoying. After learning that dogs who know their place will lower their ears every time they make eye...

Hi there, I'm dog-sitting a dog that belongs to a friend of a friend for a couple of months while she's in between apartments. He is about 1 year old, and is an INTACT male pit bull or American bulldog. He is generally a good dog, is very calm in the apartment, is crate and house trained, and...

So, the vet clinic that I work at is in the habit of taking in random stray animals here and there. Walked in to work this morning to find an approx. 8 week old male Pit Bull puppy labeled "stray". Of course my boyfriend, who also was working, fell in love at first sight. He's always had a soft...

Hi there. I have 5 dogs total. 3 purebreed Boston Terriers, 1 Boston/mix, and 1 purebreed Boxer. Our youngest purebreed Boston, she's very, very aggressive towards the other dogs. The Boston/mix and the Boxer, she even picks fights with them on a daily basis. The Boxer doesn't fight back, even...

I currently have a year old male, miniature daschund, and just acquired a 20 week old female alaskan malamute. I am having severe problems attempting to introduce the two dogs. Off-site, introductions went fine, with a lot of sniffing, but eventually ignoring each other. Once we brought the...