If you’re wondering what reactivity in dogs looks like, and whether it’s something your furry friend is struggling with, answer these questions. Do they tend to overreact in everyday situations? Do ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Person's hand reaching out to pet scared dog at vet. There's no getting around it — reactivity is an incredibly challenging issue ...

Have you ever blamed yourself for your dog's reactive behaviors? Perhaps you're the kind of pet parent who's always trying out every new training tool in the book to try to help your dog overcome ...

If your dog seems to melt down out of nowhere, you are not imagining it. What looks like random bad behavior is often a build ...

In the video above, you’ll meet Penny, a shelter dog struggling to get adopted due to her kennel reactivity. When people walk by, she barks and lunges—making it hard for potential adopters to see her ...

The Local Woof is a column that’s sponsored and written by the staff of Woofs! Dog Training Center. Woofs! has full-service dog training, boarding, and daycare facilities, near Shirlington and ...

It happened in a hardware store. My Great Pyrenees puppy, Mosey, was 6 months old, had been there several times and had always been comfortable with unfamiliar dogs. But this time he barked — a big, ...

Today we are going to talk about reactivity. A reactive dog is generally associated with aggression, but in most situations, that’s not the case. First of all, if as you are reading this article you ...

When CC Carson moved to Missoula, Montana after finishing her master’s degree in 2017, she finally had the time and money to adopt a dog, so she started searching. Carson was drawn to Moose—a 30-pound ...

Forget perfect dogs and January overhauls. These realistic goals focus on enrichment, communication, and flexibility to ...