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@golfer61 It’s not exactly disease resistance it’s more genetic diseases are often recessive (not always, but almost always). So the dominant (healthy) allele will often hide the recessive trait. Pure bred dogs often have homozygous recessive dogs crossed with the same recessive disorder so that...

@chopzor Definitely check that sub. And look at their wiki, they have a great section with everything you need to know. But basically, you don’t ‘correct’ the behavior, you manage it. Resource guarding is very common in dogs, and it’s purely fear based so can’t really be corrected. Fear isn’t...

@faithoverfear From location to location, Petco trainers level very. I know one that was amazing. My work (a shelter) also got an employee who was the worst at reading dogs. Kept getting bit because of this. Could not teach a dog to sit. And apparently she also worked at petco as a trainer. So...

@joy9 I went through something similar and I’m sorry you had to go through that. People don't really understand how horrible SA can be. Dogs will literally chew their tail off and impale themselves when they get particularly bad. It took maybe 6 months after getting the next dog for me to...

@christianaspie8701 The ‘where’s you dog’ line I feel like I heard a million times when I lived in an apartment. It’s just them trying to be friendly. Its like ‘how’s the weather?’ Or ‘how’s your kids?’ Even though you are standing outside and you also don’t care about their kids. Just small...

@theflower Absolutely this. The 3-3-3 rule is a thing and perfectly well adjusted dogs can bite in a new home. The other people went way too fast and did this to the dog.