Last week, I talked about how to find your fearful dog's food motivation, and what might be preventing them from eating in many cases.  It's worth putting a significant amount of time and effort into ...

You want to use treats to improve your fearful dog's quality of life.  Treats are an important part of many enrichment games, and in skill- and confidence-building training games.  But, your dog frequ...

It can be heartbreaking when your own dog flinches from you, or moves away to avoid you. But this is the reality for most of my students who love and care for extremely fearful, semi-feral, or shut-do...

Have you tried to get your very fearful, shut-down, or semi-feral dog interested in toys or puzzles, without success?  

It's common for extremely scared dogs to show no interest in enrichment activitie...

If you have a dog is who is fearful, anxious, shut-down, or feral, and isn't relaxed even at home, this blog is for you.

When I start working with a new student with a profoundly fearful dog, one of th...

Many of my students with extremely fearful dogs have chosen not to travel, because the idea of leaving their pup with a pet sitter seems impossible.  But is it? 

If you're new to caring for a profoun...

When you have a very fearful dog, deciding how to handle travel plans can become a complicated process fraught with anxiety.

Should you take them along? Try to find a pet sitter? Cancel your travel pla...

Keeping your dog cool in the summer might seem simple. But if you have a very sensitive dog who's afraid of everything, there are more potential challenge to making your pup comfortable than you might...

If your dog startles, shakes, hides, paces, or otherwise becomes upset about certain noises they hear when at home, you're in the right place. The video below will give you an overview of all the tool...

You adopted or are fostering a dog who is timid, and a bit afraid of you. If you search online and on social media, you'll sometimes see the advice to tether the dog to you with a leash, so they have ...

Is your dog afraid of their leash?  Have you heard that they'll get used to it, if you leave the leash attached to them? 

This is common advice, but unfortunately it isn't good advice. In this video, I...

Have you heard that "coddling" or babying your fearful dog will make them worse?  Or that in order to become more confident, your sensitive dog has to face their fears? Wondering if it's true? 

If you'...