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Langdon and his turning around thing he does when he's excited

#dog behavior #also add the head motion thing he does when he's smiling with glee #frank langdon #the pitt #thepittedit #tvedit #perciedit

The dog world is so allergic to “management” as a concept like “my dogs are fighting!” Separate them. “My dog runs off!” Leash them. “My dog is aggressive!” Muzzle him. “My dog destroys my house!” Put him in a secure area he can’t destroy stuff in. It is literally that easy.

#dogblr #dog behavior #and train what you DO WANT the dog to do in addition of course #but like. dog making your life stressful? there is usually an easy management answer here #especially when it’s like…this is all normal dog stuff ya know #sometimes dog reddit just….exhausts me #separate your dogs that are fighting!! malamute and yorkie??? that’s a dog death waiting to happen

Do you think everytime he takes a shower, Logan shakes himself violently to dry himself off like a dog? Like obviously he also uses a towel but beforehand he gotta shake that water off some?

#hugh jackman #wolverine #deadpool and wolverine #deadpool #poolverine #deadclaws #dog behavior #shake it off #james howlett #logan howlett #james logan howlett

The less fun aspect of having a dog with some flavor of retriever (poodle) is his incessant need to pick things up and bring them inside for me to either take, or if i don't notice his gift, destroy/consume.

Today's gifts so far:

#video #autoplay warning #dogs #dog behavior

Do you have a dog? Do you know about dog reactivity?

I know about reactivity; my dog is reactive

I know about reactivity; had a reactive dog in the past

I know about reactivity; I've had dogs but never a reactive dog

I know about reactivity; I've never had a dog

I don't know much about reactivity; but my dog might be reactive

I don't know much about reactivity; but a dog I had in the past might've been

I don't know much about reactivity; I'm not sure if my dog is/was reactive

I don't know much about reactivity; but I don't think my dog is/was reactive

I don't know much about reactivity; I've never had a dog

I've never heard of reactivity; I have dogs or did in the past

I've never heard of reactivity; I've never had a dog

Voting ended onApr 27, 2025

Dog reactivity is when a dog overreacts to certain stimuli (e.g. other dogs, animals, loud noises, etc), usually by barking and/or lunging. It's an umbrella term that encompasses fear, aggression, and excitement based responses and can vary in severity. All dogs can exhibit reactivity with the right stressors, but true reactivity is when there's a noticeable pattern of behavior.

Anon is curious how many dog owners actually know about reactivity and how much is their own echo chamber.

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When the puppy eyes come out, you know you’re done for.

#fanart #sketch #heated rivalry #hollanov #shane x ilya #ilya rozanov #shane hollander #dog behavior #dog boyfriend #he is a retriever boyfriend just not the retriever you think

In other news, Mr Flynn got a new winter jacket last week... It's warmer than his other jacket & he seems to approve! Such a smart boy!

Also, a brave boy!

Flynn's only been confident enough to allow me to put a coat on him at all for the last couple of years & his previous jackets were the simplest designs I could find, whereas this new one is more fiddly. He pokes his head through the neck hole, then I have to take the chest strap through his front legs, pull 2 straps around his sides & also, to keep it from sliding, pick Flynn's back legs up & poke them through little elastic hoops.

For most of his life, Flynn would've found the process of having a jacket like this put on to be unbearably scary, even if I'd offered very high value treats. This is a dog who for a long time used to completely panic & lash out if he thought I even might try & reach out to just *pat* him... Now, when I reach for this - still very new to him - jacket off its hook, Flynn wags his tail & comes over to calmly, trustingly stand while I put it on AND afterwards, I can give him a scritch behind his ears & he'll lean into my hand & close his eyes in happiness.

I genuinely used to worry Flynn's fears around being touched/handled may be too severe, too ingrained to ever fully overcome... but looking at him sitting there, snug as a bug in a rug, in his new, smart little jacket, it's proof of how far he's come! Love this pup so much!

#flynn #border collie #gaining Flynn's trust took a long time - most of his life in fact...#but all that time & pain & effort was worth it -#to have an old happy dog who trusts me to help keep him warm & dry in winter #rescue dog #dog behavior #dog

MORE OF DOG ABBOT !!

MDNI.

Jack is so needy and so attached to you that it sometimes takes away from him all sense of a proper behavior. Sometimes he sits on the bed in silence while watching you get dressed for work, containing the whining and complaints about how you don't need to do this, how you can't abandon him like that just to hear you ordering him to shut up and he, without even thinking twice, always obeys. But his sorry puppy eyes never stop being expressive and you known that if he had a tail, he would be swinging it restless, upset.

One time everything went a little over the line when you two had an argument before you started getting ready for a company party. You had invited Jack to go, he had denied it and made a scene about wanting you to stay at home. The fight was ugly and at some point you thought it could even get violent, that at any moment the dog you call husband would bite the hand that feeds him.

A few minutes later you were clacking your shoes on the floor in a terrible mood, but when you left the room Abbot was there, kneeling in the middle of the livingroom like a trained dog waiting for his owner — He crawled to your feet, his eyes wet and his face red as if he could cry at any moment, begging you to forgive him while kissing your shoe and clinging to your legs like a needy pet, once again asking you not to leave him.

Like a good dog, he listened when you told him to let go of your legs and wait for you at the door all night like a good boy. And when you arrived hours later he was there, in the same place you told him to stay, cock hurting between his legs in a mix of happiness to see you again and pleasure in the torture of missing his cruel owner for so long.