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Dog Fears and Phobias

A fearful dog is a challenge to own and train. In familiar setting the dog may be a sweet, wonderful family pet, but in new places, he may turn into a jittery mess. If your dog is like this, it is important...

16 comments    dog training pet
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Letting your dog know you're not leaving for good

Leaving your dog alone for long periods of time This can make him or her stressed and uncomfortable. If your dog experiences large amounts of stress, then he may resort to destructive behaviors. Remember...

7 comments    health love advice
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Causes of Aggression in Dogs

Defining a dog as aggressive is pretty generic because dogs may be affected by different types of aggression. In order to properly assess aggression in dogs it is fundamental therefore to resort to...

3 comments    dog aggressive dog dominant
ultra3d58

How To Help Dogs that are Fearful of the Vet

ultra3d Imagine for a second to be a dog: you are taken out of your home, on a car ride, in an unfamiliar territory and suddenly you find your self introduced to several smells. Very likely you will smell...

0 comments    dogs fearful dog snapping at vet
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Alpha rolling: why it should be avoided with your dog

A group of wolves are standing nearby. Suddenly one of the biggest males -the Alpha leader- reaches another member of the pack and forcefully flips him over on its back. Frightened, the flipped over dog,...

3 comments    behaviour alpha rolling
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How to Deal with a Fearful Dog

Perhaps one of the most amazing features of a dog's personality is the fact that they do not live in the past and they do not live in the future. Rather, they only live in the present. As humans, we could...

2 comments    thunder dog psychology
Be my hero!53

EADT: Volume 11 - Of Heroes and Doggy Hell

I got the idea for this hub watching an episode of Family Guy. It mentioned "doggy hell" and I was wondering what would make up "doggy hell" in Wally's eyes. So I thought about it and how I could help him...

0 comments    dogs dog leadership
xandert71

Defining a Weak Nerved Dog

xandert A weak nerved dog is a dog that is fearful in nature and that resorts to avoidance strategies or aggression to deal with non threatening situations or people. In other words, a weak nerved dog is a...

0 comments    fearful dog weak nerved dogs
sweet Keegan68

Dumb as a Stick

 I have written about dog breeds before but my Wheaton, God love him is as dumb as a stick.  Honestly.  I have always believed that dogs are highly intelligent creatures.  That all dogs have some level of...

1 comment    humor funny dumb
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How to Help a Dog that is Afraid of the Vet

It is unfortunate that dogs do not comprehend the fact that your veterinarian is there to help. More often than not, a pet will be anxious, fearful and often times even uncollaborative, causing a brief visit...

0 comments    dog nervous at vet
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