Trimming a dog’s nails makes a lot of people nervous which can make a lot of dogs nervous. For many dogs, having to hold still, have their feet handled and cope with the sensation of nails being clipped wouldn’t be a problem at all if it someone was “pretend clipping” with real clippers every television […]
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Fear of Balloons Hi John: Our dog was frightened by hot air balloons flying very low. However, two weeks ago whilst out on a walk she came practically face-to-face with a balloon about to take off and since then I can only describe her behaviour as verging on paranoid. The situation is now rapidly deteriorating. Over
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Hi John I have a 5-year-old Border CollieX that hides under the bed when it thunder and storms. I came home from work last Wednesday, and called for her. The weather had been bad, so I gave her a few seconds to get out from under the bed; I called, and called, but no Shelby.
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Dog Anxiety often occurs during or even before thunderstorms Thunderstorms can create low to high dog anxiety. There are a variety of different things to try to help reduce thunderstorm related fear. I have a very high quality downloadable soundtrack of thunderstorms that should be used as part of your strategy to desensitize your dog. Initially
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Hello John, I have a sensitive dog that is maybe fear aggressive. Unfortunately he escapes from our yard to chase children on bikes and terrifies them. We are vigilant about watching him but all it takes is a quick escape when someone is at the door and he’s out. We are considering an electronic fence
Hi John, I adopted an abused dog from the humane society in April and tried a couple of training classes but it wasn’t specific enough to her needs. She is approximately two years old and was rescued from the states. She is ok with my kids but not with myself or other adults and children.