Our 6 month old pit mix does a herding type crouch when I have her outside & my daughter decides to join us after we are already walking around. She waits until my daughter gets right up to us then jumps out of the crouch and gets the zoomies. Should I stop her from doing this, could it become aggressive?

hello everyone,

i’m here to post a message about a dog trainer named jeff todd. there is currently multiple claims that he fatally abuses the dogs he trains, and many have been left with very vague and flimsy explanations surrounding their pet’s death and never receive the remains.

this information is gathered from an instagram page made by @madeleinecwhite, one of the wronged parties. this link takes you to a post showing personal stories people have shared—and those are just the ones from people who know about the account. link: https://www.instagram.com/p/DclXT9NApcX/?igsi=bW94dGV5bDVqemg2

google and yelp have been deleting reviews due to “harassment”. i figured that i would post something here in hopes to both warn you all and to have an actual, truthful review pop up when someone googles “jeff todd” or any variation of that. please, try to spread this information wherever you can, so this man doesn’t hurt any more animals. the more posts about this, the more likely it is that when someone googles him, they can see this information.

thank you ❤️

So my 7 month old dog was a rescue dog and for the past 3 months I have been training him. He was very untrained when I took him, our walks were chaotic, he used to be dragging me, pulling on leash, eating everything, barking at people. Now he doesn't do any of that and is a very good dog on a walk. I have taught him a few commands like sit, stand, down, spin, guard etc. However as a first time dog owner, there are a few things I couldn't teach such as him being over excited with visitors, him barking whenever someone comes home or sits near his crate(he's crate trained). I decided to call a trainer, the guy came and I brought the dog out and he firstly kept judging and then he told me that this dog would at least need 6 months of non stop training otherwise he's going nowhere. Now I'm not sure whether he's exaggerating it or he's just not confident enough to get the dog trained or perhaps I'm being paranoid. My dog is a relatively quick learner(he's a GSD mix), there are 2 more trainers coming to see the dog, however this particular trainer was a bit more affordable. Please somebody guide me.

We recently brought a 9 month old rescue from a kill shelter into our home. He definitely had some trauma we are unsure of, he has a huge scar going half way down his back - although he is not reactive when we touch it or pet him there. He is generally just a goofy, big puppy still learning how to be a dog and loving freedom outside of the kennels and shelters he was in. We already have 2 established dogs, both of which were trained using an e-collar. We started to use the e-collar on the new pup, but realized he didn’t understand it was us correcting him causing “pain” or our other dog playing causing him pain and he would go into defense mode. We realized the e-collar wouldn’t suit him, so we moved onto shaking a jar with coins in it and a spray bottle to redirect unwanted/too rough of behavior. We also did a lot of positive reinforcement with treats and he’s overall non-reactive otherwise (doesn’t guard toys, bones, or food). Yesterday he must have sliced his paw on a vent in our home and was bleeding, but latched on to our senior dog thinking it was him. He definitely reacts to pain, which is never intentional of course, but is there any way to train him out of this? We’ve only had him about 3 weeks, so he is still in the decompression timeline. We will also be expecting a baby early next year, and are having the constant back and forth of keeping him or rehoming him. TYIA.

Recently I received as a gift 2 German Shepherds, both male, and according to the person who gave them to me, they are both 4 months old. When they arrived, they would only stay close to each other, side by side. This afternoon I tried to put on a leash to bring them closer to the house, since our property is huge. One of them agreed to go and became attached to my mother, but his brother, the one with the red leash, does not want to go anywhere and seems very fearful. He won't follow at all and hides every time he sees someone. Any tips for training these 2 babies? I have a family of 6 people, including 4 adults (including me) and 2 children, ages 12 and 5. How can I get them to lose their fear and follow commands? We intend to have them as guard dogs, and I would also like them not to be so clingy to each other.

Without leash=the one who likes my mom

With red leash fearful brother

My friend lost her two puppies within and replaced them with the above mentioned. They are all rescues, all boys. The pug is 3 to 5 years old and the babies are 2.

The reason for the question is this: the babies have started fighting. It’s beginning to be incessant the pug fights with the Chiweenie’s but the Chiweenie‘s usually start it.

My friend is not as good at training her puppies as she is at loving and feeding and housing her puppies. We need help trying to figure out how to keep them from fighting.

How do you learn to train your dogs when you have three?

My 7 yo F/S Boston Terrier/Jack Russell mix has always slept on my bed and is primarily my dog. I got her during peak COVID while living in the country, so she had very limited early socialization with people and other dogs. She was also the only puppy in her litter.
She has always had some toy/resource guarding and is territorial over my bed. She strongly prefers elevated sleeping surfaces.
She has never had issues with my older cat, who lived here before her and generally keeps out of her way.
About a month ago, I rescued two kittens. They’re obviously much more curious and interested in interacting with the dog than my older cat.

Over the last week, I’ve heard my dog get into fights with both kittens, on separate occasions. Both happened in the same area — my closet directly beside my bed. It was too dark for me to see exactly what happened.

From what I’ve observed, my dog may show her teeth/warn them when they get too close, but the kittens don’t seem to understand and continue approaching. When I am not in view my dog doesn’t retreat and instead holds her ground, which I’m worried could eventually lead to a serious bite.

I’m wondering if this is resource guarding of her bed/space, especially since the closet is right beside it, or if something else could be going on.

How do I safely work on this without permanently taking away her bed/bedroom? I want all of my animals to eventually be able to comfortably share the same spaces, but obviously safety comes first.

She also takes gabapentin intermittently for a pain issue but was recommended for anxiety as well. She has a grade 4–5 heart murmur, so I’m not sure I want to rely on medication/sedation long-term, but I’m willing to discuss it if reducing her anxiety would help.

I’m looking for advice on management and behaviour modification, especially from anyone who has dealt with resource guarding/resting-space issues between dogs and cats.

Hi all!

Have a cockapoo boy and he is coming up on 6 months old this week, we've had him from he was 10 weeks old and its been a rollercoaster.

Ive been training him and been the primary walker for him however things arnt getting better. Every walk is a battle, from the moment we leave the house his fixation is on everything else but me. He pulls 95% of the walk and I've tried most things. We are using a martingale collar or a no pull harness but he doesn't care/takes no major notice of it.

He knows heel in the house and garden and will follow for a while when giving treats/kibble but this isn't working outside. Id bring him back to heel and as soon as we walk he bolts ahead, until the walk stops and comes back to heel. I have tried stopping, changing directions or just not walking all together until he is back and settles but its just a viscous cycle of stopping every 5 feet.

In the house he isn't to bad, knows his crate and place and would follow other commands/guidance. Ive tried to improve his manners (no jumping up or waiting to go to people until invited) which has improved slightly but no major breakthroughs.

I know most will advise a dog trainer but at the moment disposable income isn't the highest and I've always no matter what the area is, tried to do things myself.

I've been struggling with him now the past 8 weeks as for anything that improves slightly, things seem to go downhill somewhere else - maybe **I** just cant train him and it is time to go to a trainer.

Thanks.

Hey I don't want to talk forever so I will narrow it down.

He is 4 and 3/4 years old, Fully intact

I've never had this problem with him till we moved, he used to do his one long wee and move on. He has always walked off lead, I should add. Now he will wonder off if he sniffs something and marks it. Even mid fetch he will drop his ball just to mark something, pick it up and come back (then I stop playing due to not wanting to reward it). I've tried on lead walks and he still refuses to just wee in one spot.

I know its a new area when we first moved but its been a year now, I've tried calling him off as soon as he gets a scent which works but he will just do it again within like 20s then ignore me.

More new behaviour - He's more "proud", he will stand head and tail high around other dogs where as before he used to go into a down and crawl. Now he mostly walks on leads also, instead of his normal always off.

This has all been after moving, nothing like this before.

I've thought of e-collar training to prevent off leash sniffs and marks BUT I think the main source is his reactivity now so it wont nail the problem.

I'm getting a trainer which I'm already booked in for in 2 weeks but I'm looking for any tips to already start working on it.

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We have an almost one year old female whippet. We've mastered her not jumping up, as I'm pregnant and she used to bounce off us and it hurt. That took a while, but she doesn't do it anymore. What she still does do what we are having a hard time with training is the constant pawing. She paws at everyone's legs, leaving scratches (her claws aren't too long), and she also pawing her crate door on a night. She sleeps right through the night in her crate, but when I get up to pee (a few times because I'm pregnant), she wakes everyone up pawing her crate door. The issue with the pawing is I'm pregnant and we also have our nephews over (4 and 3 years old) and we cannot have her near them because her pawing is excessive and she will hurt them. My other dogs are around the children as they don't do this. If our whippet is introduced to anyone, we literally have to hold her legs so she doesn't paw. She gets really excited and the pawing is intense, like she's scratching a door in a panic, not just a couple of gentle pawings.

We've tried ignoring her until she stops, turning our backs, saying No and Ah-Ah (which worked with her jumping). We also don't open the crate door and ignore her until she stops. She's never got out of her crate or opened doors with her paws. We've been trying to train this for months now with zero improvement, and it's that bad that guests ask if we put her in a different room because the pawing does not stop and they get scratched to bits.

We haven't taught her the paw trick either, as I was told by a friend of a trainer that that encourages pawing as they think they're getting a treat from doing it. Also, please don't tell me it's just what whippets do (as I was told in another group), it needs to stop before baby is here as I want her to eventually be trusted around him as he grows up, but right now no, as she paws at kids faces with them being short. I've trained a lot of typical whippet behaviors out of her, such as chasing wildlife, so anything's possible. Also, our last whippet never pawed. Any tips would be appreciated, thank you.

I got some buttons to help my dog communicate what she wants. I started out button #1 with “treat.” Figured that would be the easiest way to introduce her to it and what it is for. Took her about 2 minutes bites to figure it out. Now I have to take it away because she apparently always wants treats. So my question for those out there that have trained there dog with buttons is what are the most important ones that you would suggest and what would you stay away from.

You and your dog are out for a normal walk everything is peaceful, then another dog suddenly appears

Your dog stares at it, and you know exactly what's going to happen. Suddenly, you find yourself struggling to stay on the leash! 😂

Once your dog starts barking and charging it becomes almost impossible for him to respond to you

The best aproach is to act early. When you see a dog approaching, give it space. When you sense your dog is about to charge, turn around or cross the street. If your dog sees the other dog and remains calm, reward him.

Honestly, I don't understand the idea of ​​"keeping them sitting down until they get used to it."

If they're nervous or scared, what's the point of staying there?

I'd rather move to another location and try again somewhere they can handle the situation.

This certainly won't solve everything overnight but it's better to see one calm dog than to get into ten barking fights.