reactive dogs

Hi, so I have 3 Australian Shepherds and every time I try to be responsible and let them out, 2 of the lunge at the door and it’s always scaring me and making me anxious. My body always starts to shake when I try to let them out and I’m always very hesitant to let them out. My parents always...

Just a small rant for some laughs for some. We have a dog who is on daily medication. Twice a day, every day, and has been for just about 10 months straight now. This dog has learned to take his medication without treat or any sort of additional support, we can just give it to him and he...

This is a low-stakes question, but one I've been curious about for months without finding a satisfactory answer. Please delete if not allowed! We have two male 6-year-old 90lb dogs (B was adopted as a puppy, loves people, and has terrible leash manners, and the other C was adopted as a rescue...

Hey folks! My partner has a 6 y/o Boxer girl who is a bit leash-reactive toward other dogs/humans and has no history of bites or attacks. She’s generally cool with people and is very socialized with other dogs (my partner used to work at a doggy daycare, so she’s met every kind of dog and...

Just a rant. I know people experience way worse than dirty looks, but my dog did such a good job (well, for her) redirecting and coming across the street with me when the dog and her owner suddenly appeared. Yes. My 10lb loon toon got out a few viscous sounding barks. Yes. She got on her back...

I went without my dog, for obvious reasons. I saw 7 or 8 dogs while I was there. All were either going nuts or visibly very uncomfortable. Only one was truly relaxed and happy. A true unicorn pup. It made me realize that most dogs are, in fact, reactive under enough stress. For any number...

Hey everyone. I’ve read a bunch of posts about other peoples’ reactive dogs, but my situation has a couple of specifics I haven’t seen addressed elsewhere that I’d like advice on. I have a 4 year old Shih Tzu that I got 2.5 years ago. The previous family had gotten him from a breeder as a...

TL;DR We are feeling stuck on what to do about our 6 yo, 20 lb herding dog mix with now 6 level 3 bites. Rehoming isn’t an option, we could possibly keep her for up to another year but that no longer feels safe or manageable either, is BE the route? Please be kind, we already feel like we...

I posted here about six months ago because my 8 y/o dog began randomly having a lot of reactivity/mild aggression toward my partner though she’d known and loved him for over a year. We’ve done a lot of reading, researching, training and things have become very manageable. Though she still gets...

Hi all! I am just starting to learn about BAT 2.0 and it seems very promising. However, launching into the book it seems mostly framed around the natural reward / desired behavior being moving away from the trigger—ie, the dog is afraid. My puppy is in no way afraid of other dogs—she's so...

Hi everyone, I have a 1.5 year old gsd/basset hound/who knows mix who has separation anxiety, is people reactive, dog reactive, leash reactive, everything reactive. We have worked with a trainer for 8 months with no real traction on his reactivity because his baseline anxiety is too high. Our...

Hi all, I currently have a 9 year old shepherd mix, who is generally a v good girl. When I first got her, she had really bad separation anxiety and we worked on that a lot, so now she's chill most of the time. She loves all people (though scared of children and the elderly lol), and due to the...

Hey all, I'm looking for some more guidance regarding my 16 month old male Stabyhoun+Australian shepherd mix. What I'm working on a lot right now, is trying to make him react/feel different about things. He used to get worked up (staring, sometimes lunging, pulling) at things like...

Doobie was a rescue so age is pretty vague, but we’ve had him for about 6/7 years. He used to be a decent lap dog, but as we got busier and he started peeing all the time, he ended up getting ignored a lot. He was fed, walked, taken outside, but not really “loved”. There were two incidents of...

We have a 5 year old doodle - something. My husband got him at a shelter after he spent the first year in his life there due to a court case causing him to be unadoptable. This dog is very very sweet, sensitive, anxious and reactive. When I got pregnant I started to lose trust in him after...

This happened yesterday evening and it’s been playing on my mind all night. I have a 3.5 year old rescue GSD called Loki. She’s very anxious, reactive, and startles easily. To deal with this I’ve been walking her at 4am to avoid most people and dogs. I’m spending a lot of money and time on...

People and their dogs just stand in one spot and stare at you while your dog is reacting and you’re trying to get away. Like, GO AWAY. Or even worse, they try to follow you. Had a surprise run-in with a person and 2 dogs coming out of their apartment (at 5:30am, which I thought was safe for us...

Hi! So, I had adopted my dog about 3 years ago in a different country (Central America) with my best friend. Since then, we’ve been co-parenting (spending 6 months here in this country then switching so the other can go to their home country). Let me start by saying, we LOVE our dog. He can be...

I’m not one to mess with or be anything less than respectful of people with SD since they cost SO much to train and are absolutely necessary for some individuals. However I’m at comic con, there’s thousands of people here and there are security k9 dogs all over. I sat down to take a break and a...

My boy (3y/o, border collie) has been getting better and better as he gets older, but he still does NOT do well with new people in his space. Well, for Christmas we had 11 people. He knows nine of them, so while he was wary, he was fine with them once he recognized them all. Well, two were...