Learning how to calm a reactive dog is one of the most important skills you can master as a pet parent with a canine companion who tends to overreact to things in their environment. Reactive dogs have ...

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 ...

Counterconditioning can be the answer to retraining reactive dogs. I’m a dog behaviorist and still find the results almost magical, as do many dog owners I work with. If you’re one of many owners ...

Dog reactivity is an emotive subject that people often mistake for aggression. A dog is classed as reactive when it has an extreme reaction to a stimulus, such as a loud noise, another person, or a ...

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 ...

For pet parents with reactive dogs, life can be a constant balancing act. Reactive behavior often involves your pup responding intensely to external stimuli like other animals, people, or loud noises, ...

Have you ever approached a seemingly harmless dog that suddenly started barking at you for no apparent reason? Or do you own a dog that gets randomly anxious around certain people or becomes hard to ...

Owners get frustrated easily when they have a dog that is highly reactive to other pets, humans or even sounds, which is why many turn to dog trainers for help. One trainer's way of assessing ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – A 22News viewer shared her story about Barkley, a reactive dog who doesn’t get to do normal things. A reactive dog may become difficult to control if in a heightened emotional ...