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Hi all, we have a VERY anxious cockapoo who isn't really social able with other dogs and is really scared of other people. With other dogs, there's no aggression but constant barking and jumping on them and up and down which scares the other dogs away With humans, I've left him at the vets &...

My 1 year old dog Becomes very nervous and scared and nips when I wear a specific pair of pants. Has never been nervous around me before. If she can’t see the pants on me she is fine, it’s only when she sees me in them.

My dog Jaxson, a 12 pound JRT mix, is traveling with me and my family half way across the country for Christmas, and we have about a week to prepare. He’s not too great on car rides— generally nervous and whiny for an hour before falling asleep in the floorboards. The longest trip he’s been on...

Hello! First post as I am looking for any advice to help my pooch. I adopted my dog from a rescue approx 2.5 months ago. He was instact, approx. 1 yo, cattle dog/border collie mix (guessing). The rescue says he was picked up from a native American reservation. He was in a Foster's home for two...

Hi, I have a two year old Gordon Setter that I rehomed about a year and a half ago. He wasn’t very well socialised with dogs and people by his previous owner and was very nervous of new people and overly excited by other dogs. Started sending him to a doggy daycare once a week, about 6 months...

Hi everyone this is my first post and it is a long one but I hope that it is taken in the spirit it is meant as I don't need to be told what an irresponsible owner I am because we are trying really hard. My daughter (11) and myself are first time dog owners, literally know nothing about owning...

Hi everyone, it’s almost been 2 years since I adopted my sweet boy from an a foster family. He is a boxer mix. When I first met him he was a very shy boy, but didn’t really have issues with people. He always got along with my families dogs and still does. However, when I moved him across the...

I've never posted here before and I have no clue how to post under the training. It wont let me reply to half the treads anyway. So, my issue is this. I have a 12 week old German shepherd puppy. I've had her since she was born, I own momma. We decided to keep her because of her special...

Hi everyone, We just adopted a dog from our local shelter, she is 2 years old and a Shepherd / Husky mix. Her name is Blue. This is the first dog for our family, my husband and I both had dogs as kids and there are lots of dogs in the extended family. We met with her and walked her at the...

I had a very disturbing revelation recently when I found out someone was camping out underneath my house in the crawlspace for several weeks. I'd really rather not go into details about that, but since then, my two dogs (a mini dachshund and a pitbull) have shown agression towards each other...

I have a dog called Maisie. She is 6 months old and really good looking. She is a Husky cross, believed to be Labrador. Me and my boyfriend Sam got her from a house in Nottingham, where there was a family of 5 (2 parents and 3 young children) living with this dog. She was never getting walked...

We recently adopted a new puppy who is 1 year old. He is an 20-ish lb mini-pin dachshund mix. At first, we thought he was just a snuggly dog, but as time went on I started to notice something wasn't quite right with him. We don't know his back story, no one does he just showed up on the rescue's...

okay so first of all, no she is not from a pet store, she is someones dogs puppy. I've had my puppy since she was a pup (like 3 months), when I got her she was shy, and then it slowly got worse, and worse, and now she is 4 (5 in december) and she is TERRIFIED of strangers, mostly men. she cant...

Hey there! I have a schnauzer poodle X thats been having some behavior issues.

I adopted a cat a couple of months ago. Before getting her I had been given the advice of filling a jar with coins to shake, to discourage the cat from doing things she shouldn't (scratching my furniture rather than her posts, climbing the Christmas tree, and other mishchevious things kittens...

We have a 4 year old female german shepard that is behaving oddly for around 6 months. When we put down food for her she often will approach, inspect the food and then walk away. She usually will check on our aged male chow who is getting medication in his food, although he has been doing so...

Hello Fidget is a very excitable, happy, attention-seeking "lick you all over" puppy. When people come over we can't unglue her from them usually. HOWEVER... Certain people she acts weird around (our landlord, and my cousin in particular), and will growl and refuse to approach. I assume it's...