Fear is a common and perfectly normal, innate, and adaptive behavior in all animals. However, if fear isn’t addressed, it can develop into serious behavioral and health problems, so if your dog is showing fear or shyness, you should always deal with it proactively.
Some dogs, often puppies or young adults, are unable to control their bladders during greetings; this can involve greeting humans and/or other dogs.
her dog while he’s on his leash? This unpleasant but common behavioral problem in dogs can be caused by barrier frustration.
Adding a new dog to a home with a resident dog can be great fun and offers both your family
and your dog extra companionship. However, dogs need time to build relationships.
Some aggression may be a normal, adaptive behavior in virtually all animal species and domestic dogs are no exception. Luckily, there are a number of things you can do to minimize both the frequency and intensity of dog-dog aggression.
Dogs counter surf because there might be food, of course. Crumbs, crusts, fruit bowls, meat
defrosting or marinating, a breadbox—you never know what you might find.
Some reasons dogs chew: because it feels good, anxiety, attention-seeking, barrier frustration/escape behavior, pent-up energy, and hunger.
Dogs beg because it is a clever strategy for getting tasty scraps, and it works! Like all
scavengers, dogs are hardwired to seize any opportunity to get food.
All the annoying things dogs might do to get your attention:
Jump on you while you’re quietly sitting
Constantly nudge, whine, or paw at you
Pull or nip at your clothing (or you)
Bark at you or drop things in front of you
Steal things to entice chasing
