behavior

I've read and heard of Shelties being attacked by other dogs, and wondered why Shelties are frequently targeted. This morning at a fun rally class, a Golden Retriever became aggressive toward Maddie upon seeing her. (Everything turned out fine). After class I asked our trainer why Shelties...

Looks like at a little over five months old, our Toby is beginning the throes of adolescence :nailbiting: We are finally finding solutions (albeit slow ones) to: Barking at Everyone Outside and Chasing ALL the Cars. His second favorite games. Though distracting him with a treat usually does the...

My puppy won't want to be outside if it's over 75 outside. If I bring him out to go potty, he will just charge at the end of his leash to try and get back into my apartment. When I put him in the grass, he immediately does this so it's hard for me to believe that it's because he's extremely hot...

I signed Devon up this week for a beginning agility class that will start on the 14th. He definitely has the ability to do it and he's pretty fearless (e.g. the picture I posted of him standing in a tree), but my big concern is keeping control of him, especially when he's off leash and around...

Today my sheltie ran outside in the front yard which is normal and she started to run behind the tree I think for a rabbit. I tell her with the deep stern voice to come inside, which is the command to go inside—-she knows this command very well.... so instead she goes off running in the parking...

Our 5 month old sheltie goes crazy whenever we try to open or close blinds or windows. He jumps, barks, snaps at us, very scary behavior, out of control. The windows don't squeak or make any loud sound -- at least to human ears. We have also noticed that moving a metal chair on our deck causes...