Joni
I have watched your lessons on resource guarding & I have a question about my 5 mo old Mal. I have been training her since she was 10 wks old so she has structure & training in place. If anyone in the family is holding her (sitting in someone’s lap)she will bite another family member that tries to pet her/puts their hand in her general area. No other time does she do this. I thought it was me but it is also my husband & daughter. Do you have any suggestions/lessons to help me with this? I know she’s young so I don’t want to do anything that will make it worse but it needs to be addressed.
Greg P
Sam is a 14 month old lab. I bought him as a started hunting dog and picked him up from the trainer one month ago. I take him with me everywhere i go and he is afraid of strangers. I take him to the office everyday and when employees come in my office his tail goes between his legs and he may even go into his kennel. I have had some of them offer him treats and he wont take them, even if he does the next day we go through the same thing with the same person. I have had several labs and none acted this way and i am not sure what to do, because he will be around alot of people when hunting.
Kyle z
We have a 5 month old Malinois puppy who doesn’t seem to have crate anxiety. He waits patiently in his crate as we prepare his meals and eats a majority of his meals in the crate to build positive associations (combo hand fed and slow feeder bowl). We are able to leave him in there and walk around the house without much stress. He also has no issues getting in his car crate and relaxing quietly while we travel. Anytime we leave the house and crate him we give him a puzzle treat and leave him with other toys however, once the treat is done, he barks for the duration and stresses. Any advice?
Karen D
I have followed you for years! Is there a way I can send a short video of my dog interacting with my daughter’s dog to get your opinion of the body language? Both female dogs are about 6 years old and see each other a couple times a year. They circle each other. After too long a period of crotch-sniffing by the brown dog, the black dog growls which the brown dog doesn’t receive. The brown then barks directly face to face at the black dog. We use baby gates to separate when the energy is high. I think they would play if outside and off leash, but not sure enough to try that!
Thanks, Karen
Pedro C
Hi Robert, I recently (1 week) adopted a second dog (rescue 2yo GSD mix) and already had a 4yo Mal. They get along fine 99% of the time, play together (rough, but will take turns being the “aggressor”), and have no problems around food. I noticed the new dog will often try to get in the same bed as my “old” dog, and they’ll be fine, but resource guard (snap, no bite so far) if she is in a bed and the old dog comes close. If that happens I give her a firm no and move her out of the bed to somewhere else, but I’m wondering how I should tackle it. I suspect I gave them too much freedom too soon.
Jelena
My 5 month old GSD male puppy occasionally plays with his male litter mate. That dog lives with the father of them both and he is more dominant than mine, he is feisty, while mine is more fluid. They play fight, with all the teeth showing and it seems quite rough at times. My puppy enjoys the play dates, because he is very excited when we see them and he initiates play even though he also requests some rest periods. Is this rough play with his brother influencing how he interacts with other dogs and can it be harmful? He approaches other dogs quite strongly, lunges, barks and shows teeth?
