Dogs and Puppies

gbashee asked:


My son is 15 years old and is very gentle with my dog( bloodhound) and even feeds him. But my dog will start to growl when my son goes near him. My bloodhound has CHD and is having trouble moving and that can be a cause for aggression but my dog is just attacking my son. How should i handle my dog.

Doggie asked:


My dog used to bite his paw and the white hair around turned pink. I started giving him yogurt every day and after about 2 weeks, his fur that has been growing in has stayed white rather than pink. (the pink is from red yeast growing in wet fur).

I am sure it’s the yogurt as nothing else has changed. Has anyone else experienced and improvement in your dog’s health as a result of feeding yogurt or anything else you were told was good for your dog?

Wednesday asked:


My make dog (Colie X) has been attacked by other dogs a few times and now goes for other dogs himself.
How can I train him to get on with other dogs now?
He is neutered and obedient, but will storm off when he sees another dog and try to bite it, he gets really vicious, so I am not confident to take him on walks where there might be other dogs anymore.
I got him a muzzle so that we can go to the vet, as he also started to go nuts there, which he hasn’t done in the past.
I fear that a muzzle might make him more aggressive as he gets insecure.
He also goes absolutely crazy whenever I put the muzzle on and I tried all sorts of tricks to get him used to it.
I seem to be in a catch 22 situation. If I go to e.g. the beach with him, chances are that he will attack another dog.
But: If I keep avoiding other dogs, he will never learn that they mean no harm to him.
Unfortunately as this is a rural area, many people let their dogs roam free and if they walk them, they have no lead on them, so it happened before that other dogs just ran towards him to play and he went for them. There is no place nearby where I could let him stay on a lead, knowing that other dogs will be on a lead too.