Search Results for ‘reactivity’

How do I even begin? Jax has always been an extremely reactive dog, to the point where I was close to labeling it as straight dog aggression and leaving it at that. I’d been working with positive dog training for a bit and honest to god saw little to no progress. So I decided, screw it, and...

I’m done with it. I’ve been training my dog alone for 7-6 months now against his reactivity, and on the 12TH he turns a year old. We saw so much improvement in our time, but all of that has been lost. Recently we had some new neighbors move in, along with ~4 dogs. They’ve absolutely flipped...

Hi there, I’m new to this community and I’m looking to find help and support as I navigate life with two reactive pups. I’ve got a 2y/o Dane/Shepherd and a 18 month old Silver Lab. When I got my first dog, I noticed she was anxious but the puppy socialization classes said she needed to work on...

Please help! I’ve done research online and can’t find much information about this. My medium sized mixed breed dog has developed reactivity to basset hounds, very specific to basset hounds. Most dogs I can hold her attention and keep her looking at me, but today we were walking and she saw a...

Has anyone had issues with shiba inu aggression/reactivity? I have a shiba inu who will sometimes react (lunge/bark/jump/bite) to people holding things in their hands/suddenly walking into the room/loud noises. It's sometimes hard to predict. I think it could be fear aggression/reaction to...

I don’t know if I’m just being a paranoid, so I was hoping for some outside perspective (this gonna be long. Sorry in advance). Angus is a southern mutt (APBT, lab, AmStaff, border collie. 20 no, 85lb) who came to me (MA) from Arkansas. Angus had bitten another dog while in foster up north...

Our older dog is a 6 year old rescue with dog reactivity problems. We've taken him to trainers and group training and trained him ourselves to try to overcome the dog reactivity, and while it got a lot better, it never really went away. He doesn't bark at other dogs aggressively; he's never...

A month or so ago I posted a short story about my history with my dog and my desire to be able to effectively use a tug in training my dog. I received a lot of very good information on tug and training calm. The dog I'm writing about is a pit/mutt who I found on the street when she was about...

Do you ever have those days when you think you've done everything wrong?? :redface:Today was definitely one of those! I have a 5 1/2 month puppy who is lovely. He was great visiting grandparents over christmas and even convinced my dog hating grandma that they're not so bad. He has brilliant...

Hi! It's my first time trying to read body language. I did know some basic stuff, but not all the subtle signals. Now that my dog is reactive to other dogs, I'm trying really hard to see all the signals to find out if she's aggressive or not. So, can you help me? When she saw other dogs, she...

Hi everyone, I'm really excited about this forum! I'm here because of an urgent, pressing problem I have with my reactive-aggressive dog. I need to move by the end of the month and found a beautiful apartment right by campus that is dog friendly. In fact, it's the only dog-friendly place I've...

My dog's name is Beast, a black lab/chihuahua/min pin mix. He's around 35 pounds and his back is just below my knee. He's guestimated to be 1 1/2 years old and I've had him for about 8 months now. He came from a bad place before. I took him from a home where he was put in the backyard once he...

My dog's name is Beast, a black lab/chihuahua/min pin mix. He's around 35 pounds and his back is just below my knee. He's guestimated to be 1 1/2 years old and I've had him for about 8 months now. He came from a bad place before. I took him from a home where he was put in the backyard once he...

Alright ladies and gents, prepare for a rather long, confusing post by yours truly. I got Luna at four months, missing her key socialization window. I didn't know much about her history other than that she grew up with 13+ other dogs and had to compete for food. She was VERY thin when she...

So... some of you surely know that Snowball is leash/barrier reactive. When we got him last July, I would never have guessed that we would have been able to have him on-leash around other dogs, period. But yesterday we went to a local pet event (at 1:00 gives you an idea) with TONS of dogs, on...

This morning we had a run-in with a new dog in the neighborhood. It was my fault, luckily nothing happened but two surprised owners. The dogs romped for a bit, then we continued on our respective walks. On our way home, however, Snowball (on leash) and I ran into a second dog (a Basset hound)...

I think the Freedom harness is cool, but it doesn't seem to work as well as far as stopping the pulling and lunging. Sensation works better. Has anyone else experienced this?

Hi all! I have a training question to run by you. My dog has always been fear reactive, but he has improved significantly during the time I’ve had him. He’s still fear reactive, but he is much more confident than he was. One of the things he is reactive to that I've noticed lately is prolonged...