Jumping on people

Jumping can easily hurt people and can be a difficult behavior to correct. 

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If you have kids or older adults in the house and your dog is jumping on them, one way or another, they will get hurt. There are situations where a person will try to push the dog away and may get bitten. What do many people want to do when their dog bites? Either they give them up or, worst-case scenario, the dog will be put down. 

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Separation anxiety

During the pandemic, many people decided because they were home so often, it was a great time to welcome home a new dog! Which was great! But as restrictions are lifted and you return to work outside the home, your schedule is changing and so is your dog’s, which means it’s possible you might suddenly find them exhibiting problem behaviors that weren’t there before, like separation anxiety.

 

If you’re a parent of an older child, you might remember their first day of school: Maybe they cried and clung to your leg when you dropped them off. They were in a new environment and it was scary. Your dog might see your empty home as kind of a new, scary environment too.

 

Separation anxiety is stressful and can cause your dog to act out in different ways, like howling or destroying furniture. But we can show you how to teach your dog to soothe themselves and engage in positive behaviors while you’re gone!

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Crate training

It can be daunting helping a puppy or older dog to learn to feel safe in their crate, but our gentle approach never fails.

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We have to show our dog that the crate is their happy place. It's their safe haven. Dogs in the wild, tigers, bears, they all have a den — a safe place — where they can put down their guard and sleep. 

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Think about it this way: What happens when you don't feel safe? You feel stress, and stressing out is real for both humans and animals. 

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When a dog is stressed, it can lead to many bad behaviors, such as boredom chewing, which can lead to destruction and even injury if your dog isn’t being crated or supervised. 

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Potty training

This is often the first task new pet owners want to learn to tackle. We need to show our dog where it is acceptable to go potty, and since we can only control their potty schedule to a certain point, we have to learn their schedule and adapt to it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Aggression with other pets

Do you fear taking walks or going to dog parks because your dog struggles with aggression? Or is the aggression in your own home with your other pets?

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Oftentimes, it's our own actions that create the negative energy in the house. For example: Your mom has a favorite out of your three dogs. Dogs have jealousy issues too! They will fight amongst each other — to the final death if they have to — so they can get your love and attention. 

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Aggression with people

It's easy to see why some dogs are not friendly with people.

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Like kids, if they are not well socialized when they are little, they are likely to be afraid and get frustrated when it comes to interacting with other people. They just don't understand how to do it. 

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To make things worse, an unsocialized dog can be given up and become even more aggressive because somebody adopted them and then abused them or trained them improperly. It will be hard for that dog to trust any other human being again. 

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