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What to Do if Your Dog Hates Wearing a Collar

Does your dog hate wearing a collar? Here are step-by-step instructions to help with dog collar sensitivity.
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Black schnauzer wearing a green collar

Dog Chasing Cat: How to Stop This Behavior

Learn tips to help stop a dog from chasing a cat, including helping your cat be comfortable around dogs.
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close-up of a black dog's nose

Dog Body Language: Signs of Comfort, Stress, and More

Dog body language can tell you a lot about what dogs are feeling. Learn about signs of comfort, stress, and more in a dog.
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dog displaying playful body language in a play bow

Dog Bite Prevention: Managing Behavior Issues

Learn tips for dog bite prevention, including information on dog body language, muzzles, training, and other strategies.
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Dog chewing on rope. Providing chew toys can help solve some dog behavior problems like inappropriate chewing out of boredom.

How to Prevent a Dog From Biting Children

Learn how to prevent dog bites by teaching kids how to safely interact with dogs, correctly socializing your puppy or dog, and being a responsible dog person.
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This medium-sized dog's family, shown here, have been very conscientious about socializing her to prevent bites on children or other behavioral challenges.

How to Manage Dog Barrier Aggression and Frustration

Dog barrier aggression or frustration is a behavior dogs exhibit when behind a barrier, such as a fence or window. Here's how to manage dog barrier reactivity.
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Dog behind a chain-link fence receiving training for dog barrier aggression

How to Introduce a Baby to a Dog

Learn tips to introduce a dog to a newborn baby and help the dog get used to the baby in the house.
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dog sniffing a new baby's toes while the dog is being introduced to the baby

A Guide to Clicker Training Pets

Clicker training dogs, cats, and other pets is a fun and effective way to communicate. Learn the basics of how to use clicker training.
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dog doing clicker training with a person

How to Choose a Dog: Find Your Match

Learn tips for how to choose a dog for you and your lifestyle. Should you get a puppy or adult, purebred or mixed breed? Where can you adopt a dog?
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a group of puppies huddled together

How to Use Visual Barriers for Dog Reactivity and Fence Running

Visual barriers prevent dogs from seeing what's on the other side of something. Find out how these barriers can be helpful for dog reactivity and fence running.
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Dog in front of a fence that provides a visual barrier

Dog Aggression: Signs, Causes, and How to Manage

Learn the signs and common causes of dog aggression — plus how to manage the behavior.
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small dog looking to the side

How to Introduce a Dog to a Cat

Learn different methods for how to introduce a dog to a cat, including how to introduce puppies and kittens.
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properly introduced dog and cat leaning on each other and getting along well

How to Give a Dog a Pill

Getting dogs to take pills can be challenging. This resource gives thorough tips and tricks.
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Senior dog who takes pills for a heart condition

How to Get a Dog to Stop Digging

Dog digging is a natural canine behavior. Dogs dig for many reasons. Get answers to why dogs dig and how to stop them from doing it.
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Big dog with dirt on her nose from digging

How to Potty Train a Puppy or Dog

Learn basics of potty training a puppy or dog. Find out how long house-training will take and how to positively reward your pup for making progress.
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Woman and Pomeranian, a dog she's working on potty training (aka house-training)

How to Help Dogs Tolerate Grooming and Vet Handling

Teaching a dog to be handled and touched makes trips to the vet and groomer a lot easier. Here are step-b- step instructions for helping a dog tolerate grooming and vet h...
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Dog being handled by a vet tech while being examined by a veterinarian

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Best Friends Animal Society - Save Them All

We will reach no-kill in this country in 2025.

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