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You dog can be anxious or frightened for many reasons and the first step you need to take is to check with the vet to rule out any physical ailments such as an infection, severe pain, accidental poisoning by some toxic substance or the age factor. Once you have eliminated these possibilities, you can take steps to calm your dog ...

There are many factors that can scare your dog and make it show its anxiety by trembling, hiding, keeping its tail tucked between its legs or barking and crying continuously. In case your dog is excessively frightened, it could also develop diarrhea and urinate more. Or it could start biting and licking itself. If you can understand why you dog ...

Some breeds of dogs are naturally more aggressive than others and typically, dogs react to their environment in a number of ways. They are likely to display aggression in response to situations they are not comfortable with. When upset about something, they will show it in a number of ways like say, moving away. While most of their responses are ...

Dogs bite for a number of reasons and the main reason is often the need to establish rank within the pack. Puppies bite playfully and when playing with their litter mates, this is how they convey dominance. It is very essential that your dog learns at a very young age that biting you is not acceptable and a good time ...

As puppies, dogs do a lot of nipping and biting, and most puppies learn to control their biting between the age of two and four and a half months. Most dogs bite other dogs either in play or in aggression. When playing, if the biting gets too rough, they warn each other with a yelp. In this way, they can ...

Watching your dog bark at its own reflection can be very amusing, but when it goes on for too long, it can get a bit annoying and you do want the barking to stop. But before you think about how to train your dog to accept reflections, there are a few concepts of dog psyche that you need to understand. ...

Your dog uses barking as a means of communication with you and since you are its master it must let you know if it needs something or wants to alert you to some situation or threat. You could work with a kind of checklist when your dog starts to bark. Is it hungry or thirsty? – Check and see if ...

Dogs barking at night, whether your own or a neighbor’s can be very annoying. Though dogs bark for many reasons, it’s typically because their owners don’t really understand why. With a little training and learning the nuances of canine responses to their surroundings, you can train your dog to stay quiet unless you want it to bark. Lack of Adequate ...

As a dog lover who has just brought home a companion, you need to understand some basic characteristics of canine behavior. This will help you ease its integration into your family as a much-loved member. Among the first things you need to learn is that dogs bark for a number of reasons and it is their way of communicating with ...

Even though a citronella collar is generally preferred to other electric anti-bark devices because, unlike those, it does not cause any physical pain, it should still be utilized with several precautions in mind. First of all, this collar should only be used as a last method, when you notice that the training sessions are not working. Second of all, it ...