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@cornetto75 Our puppy (now 3 y.o. dog!) has always been a camel when it comes to toileting. When we first got him, we were hauling him out every hour and once or twice during the night to pee and it was a huge battle of wills to get him to go. Turns out he genuinely just didn’t need to go, and...

@ruzou When we were really struggling to deal with our pup’s reactivity we had a local trainer out, well reviewed and we did our research before hand, but they immediately produced a choke collar and started in with aversive training. We stopped the session about 10 minutes in because even we...

@chingay Our greyhound took literally months to even start playing with toys; I suspect he may have literally never encountered them before coming to us! The “toy” that finally got him interested was a very plush and soft slipper. He didn’t shred it or really play with it, he just wanted to...

@scottwilson As someone with a reactive dog (thankfully one that hasn’t bitten anyone, as of now!) I can totally understand this worry. Having a dog that you can trust other people to handle or be around is very limiting, but there are some ways you can mitigate it. Take a look and see if...