When our dogs exhibit aggressive behaviors, it is always upsetting. It is a rare person who knowingly buys or adopts a dog that exhibits aggression toward pe...

If you've tried distracting your dog with treats when he sees another dog (or bike, car, jogger, etc.), and he completely ignores the treat and you, here's w...

Raise your hand if you walk into a post office and are flooded with warm, happy feelings. No? It's just me? When I was growing up, my grandmother was the ...

Early in my career, a common suggestion for dogs that exhibited fearful, reactive or aggressive behavior (“behavior problems”) toward strangers was to have s...

By far, one of the most common behavior problems in pet dogs is reactivity. Your normally calm, enjoyable dog that turns into a quivering, snarling, white-ho...

Recently, a man was killed by the dog he had just adopted from the local shelter that day. The dog had been picked up as a stray and held at the shelter for ...

First appeared at facebook.com/4pawsuniversity When my dog bit a neighborhood girl almost 20 years ago, I was told by more than one person that "once a dog t...

I know it looks really impressive on television, but provoking a dog into exhibiting aggressive behavior and then "correcting" it is not behavior modificatio...

Whether you have a dog that exhibits reactivity to other dogs, aggression towards strangers, or predatory behavior towards cats, squirrels, and other small a...

LOOK FOR THE LOOK AWAY. A head turn, or "look away" can be an important signal to help you detect when your dog is uncomfortable, or help your dog communica...

Whether you are meeting a dog for the first time or you are introducing your own dog to a new person, look for signs of avoidance, including turning away, wa...

Here's one of those tricky nuances of behavior. Many people assume that a dog that isn't displaying aggressive behavior is safe to pet, introduce to their do...

ANTECEDENT - A preceding occurrence, cause or event. In the past, dog training was focused solely on consequences of behavior – reward the good, punish the b...