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*Important note: Throughout this blog post, we use the terminology ‘hyper’ or ‘hyperactive’ to describe dog behavior as these are the terms our clients use. However, at Underdogs, we view ‘hyper’ as a label. A ‘hyperactive’ dog is actually stressed or anxious or responding to their environment or something else. It’s important to get to […]

A big question new puppy guardians have is, “when is the right time to start training?” The answer to that is… right away! Everything is new to your puppy, and their brain is growing and developing. Now is the time to help teach them! Of course, a dog is never too old to train, but […]

When you see dominance in dogs, they are not fighting to achieve alpha status. Science has long since debunked this theory by the scientists that came up with it. Positive reinforcement dog training has spent the past 30 years making sure our clients understand the entire story. In the 1940s, Rudolph Schenkel conducted a study […]

Dogs are hunters and scavengers and naturally need to seek and search. Foraging is working to obtain food; this is often in our dog’s DNA. Many dogs forage and scavenge for food constantly, “e.g., counter surfing, scouring walks, or food.” Even my dogs have been known to steal some food off the counter! My dogs […]

Learned helplessness is something we see too often. In our consultation, dog guardians report that their dog stopped walking, lay down on walks, froze, or refused to walk. This usually occurs in multiple situations, the car, vet, new places, and even the park. In other cases, we arrive at the home and see listless dogs, […]