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Hello, I have a two-year-old female dog and I just adopted a four-month-old male pup. They get along pretty well, and my first dog has been getting better at sharing her toys and stuff with him. However, she doesn't seem to be able to get over her food issue. She's from a shelter and she's...

You have to practice management and desensitization to avoid a serious problem. Here are some suggested posts for you to read and resources to find a trainer in your area. I highly recommend you find a skilled positive reinforcement trainer to come to your home to help with this problem. Find a Trainer...

With aggression is it important that dogs do not rehearse the behavior. If Ni-Night ends up getting aggressive around dogs or Josh time after time, then the behavior will definitely continue and probably get worse. What you need to do is desensitize him to the situations that currently cause him stress...

Hi Dee, Welcome to the community! See my answers below, and let me know if you have more questions. Since their behavior escalates to the point of the situation getting out of control, you should work on overall off-leash control away from the park using other distractions first. If you use dogs that...

Hi Darla. Thanks for the question and welcome to the community. To help fearful dogs, I recommend desensitization and counter conditioning. Desensitization occurs when a dog is introduced to the stimuli (in this case a person) at a low enough intensity so she doesn't react. You will then counter...

Sometimes it is impossible to know why a dog is acting a certain way. All you know at this moment is that it is happening. Possible reasons include: Residual pain from the accident and your sister touched an areas of your dog's body at one point causing pain. He relates her to this incident and doesn't...

Glad to hear things are improving. Keep in touch to let everyone know your progress and what worked. Your experience can help a lot of other people as well.

Hi Monica, Thanks for your question and welcome to the community. Your dog is exhibiting something called resource guarding. This can occur with different dogs around bones, food, objects, toys, locations or people. I don't think you necessarily need to dump your trainer if you are happy with the...