Category Archives: Dog Reactivity

* All Sniffspot articles are reviewed by certified trainers for quality, please see bottom of article for details * Call it growly, fearful, selective, aggressive, unfriendly or reactive - it turns out 75% of dog owners have a dog that in some way overreacts to stimuli. It’s hard to be a dog ...Continue readingpost.title

* All Sniffspot articles are reviewed by certified trainers for quality, please see bottom of article for details * Does your dog get possessive whenever it’s dinnertime, or when given a treat? They may be displaying food aggression. In this article, we’ll cover what food aggression is, situa...Continue readingpost.title

* All Sniffspot articles are reviewed by certified trainers for quality, please see bottom of article for details * Fear aggression in dogs is a tricky topic. This is because it’s difficult to identify with 100% certainty. Why? Because aggression is very commonly confused with reactivity. ...Continue readingpost.title

* All Sniffspot articles are reviewed by certified trainers for quality, please see bottom of article for details * There are few things more stressful as a dog parent than the feeling when you’re on a nice, peaceful walk with your furbaby when, seemingly out of nowhere, your sweet little flu...Continue readingpost.title

* All Sniffspot articles are reviewed by certified trainers for quality, please see bottom of article for details *Anxiety: humans experience it, and dogs do too. Anxiety is a normal and healthy emotion for dogs to experience from time to time. Dogs may feel anxious if they are startled by a lou...Continue readingpost.title

* All Sniffspot articles are reviewed by certified trainers for quality, please see bottom of article for details *Do you have, or know, a reactive dog? A reactive dog is a dog that overreacts to certain situations or stimuli. This often looks like lunging, growling, or excessive barking. There ...Continue readingpost.title

* All Sniffspot articles are reviewed by certified trainers for quality, please see bottom of article for details *You’ve probably seen a dog wearing a muzzle at some point, but you might be confused as to what exactly the purpose of muzzles is, and whether it’s humane for a dog to wear them. Wh...Continue readingpost.title

* All Sniffspot articles are reviewed by certified trainers for quality, please see bottom of article for details * If you’re a dog owner, you’ve probably heard, and possibly been annoyed by, your dog barking, at one time or another. But what do your dog’s barks mean? They can mean a variety ...Continue readingpost.title

* All Sniffspot articles are reviewed by certified trainers for quality, please see bottom of article for details *Are you concerned that your reactive dog won’t be able to live life to the fullest? People with reactive dogs sometimes feel discouraged or that they cannot give their dog a full li...Continue readingpost.title

* All Sniffspot articles are reviewed by certified trainers for quality, please see bottom of article for details * There are easy things about being a pet parent, and there are, well...less easy things about being a pet parent. For many pet moms and dads, at-home grooming falls firmly into t...Continue readingpost.title