Iowa capital's dog training facility reports consistent results with anxiety, fear, aggression, and prey drive cases ...

Fear-aggressive behavior is often misunderstood as stubbornness or dominance, especially when a dog is confined in a kennel. This video explains how fear, anxiety, and pressure can stack quickly in ...

A dog appears to be lying relaxed on the couch–peaceful, calm, secure. But then the door opens, someone enters, and suddenly the dog jumps up, growls, and might even move forward. Outsiders often see ...

How can dog owners determine whether their pet needs basic instruction or deeper behavioral guidance? According to a ...

Dogs who growl and bark at people are often stuck in a loop where fear drives their barking and growling, and the retreat of those people reinforces the behavior, intensifying it—especially in the ...

"Breed-Specific Legislation is not the answer!", was the emphatic exclamation of a colleague of mine. We were attending a psychological conference in Portland Oregon several years ago, and were having ...

Dogs are man's best friend, but they are still animals, and sometimes their wolf-like behavior comes out in aggression. Some kinds of canine aggression to be aware of are resource guarding aggression, ...

Clayton County Animal Control said a dog they rescued from a lengthy abandonment was too damaged by the experience to be saved. Officials explained the reasons in a news release on Sept. 12. The ...

Aggression is the number one behavior problem of humans, dogs, cats, and horses (to name but a few mammalian species). It is a perfectly normal survival-necessary behavior when expressed at the right ...

The moment a fearful shelter dog put her trust in a volunteer trainer brought people to tears. A dog trainer, known on TikTok as @theadaptivek9, worked with Rayn as part of a long-term training ...