July 29th, 2010
Help! My Small Dog is Out of Control and My Boyfriend is Not Helping
The following was sent in from a reader in response to my article on Small Dog Syndrome. You can find the full comment at the bottom of the article. Here’s a link to the original article. “MY DOG KNOWS I DONT LIKE HIM ON THE BED, BUT HE ALSO KNOWS THAT MY BF [boyfriend] THINKS...
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Small Dog Buddies
If you own two small dogs, do they like to hang out with each other? Even if you only have one small dog, does he have a dog buddy in the neighborhood? Here’s why I ask. We dog behaviorists love to talk about pack theory. We seem to think everything a dog does can be...
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How to Stop Small Dog Aggression at the Front Door
Halloween is almost here, and you may be worried about how your dog is going to handle all those trick-or-treaters coming to your front door. Here’s how to take charge of the situation well before trouble begins. . This article quotes Dale Stavroff, in his book Let the Dog Decide. Some of the quoted material...
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A Small Dog Halloween Horror
“Trick or treat. Give me something good to eat. Don’t hold back and don’t be lazy, or I’ll drive your small dog crazy.” Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. What’s not to like? You get to dress up in a costume and play another character. It’s an excuse to eat a bunch of junk...
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Small Dog As Child
There is a recurring theme in small dog ownership that keeps rearing its head. I believe it’s at the heart of most of the problems we have with small dogs. The theme is this: we tend to confuse our small dogs with children. Many of us say, “Oh, I know he’s just a dog,” while...
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A Rescued Dog’s Threatening Behavior
In response to my third article about coping with a rescued dog’s weird behavior, a reader sent in a good question. (The original, unedited comment can be found at the bottom of an article at this link.) Her question and my response follow: . We have had a rescued maltipoo for about three months. He...
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A Rescue Dog’s Weird Behavior, Part 3, Substitute Good for Bad
By the end of this series of articles, you are going to know how to cope with and change the weird behavior of your rescued small dog. In today’s article, I am going to show you how to replace your rescued dog’s weird behavior with behavior you can live with. . Here is a very...
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A Rescue Dog’s Weird Behavior, Part 2 Ignoring Weird Behavior
By the end of this series of articles, you are going to know how to cope with and change the weird behavior of your rescued small dog. In today’s article, I am going to show you why it’s so important to ignore your rescue dog’s weird behavior. I’ll also have some action steps for how...
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Changing Weird Behavior from a Rescued Small Dog, Part 1
By the end of this series of articles, you are going to know how to cope with and change the weird behavior of your rescued small dog. If you do not have a rescued small dog, but you are contemplating getting one, this series will prepare you for: 1. What may happen after your new...
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Small Dog Headaches
Here is a situation described by a reader in response to my article on Anti-Bark Collars. As you will see, she is experiencing multiple problems with her pack of small dogs. There are a lot of object lessons in this story. My reply comes after her story. Reader’s Comment: “I have tried the shock collar...
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- Small Dog Syndrome
- Territoriality: One Key to Small Dog Syndrome
- Help! My Small Dog is Out of Control and My Boyfriend is Not Helping
- How to Stop Small Dog Aggression at the Front Door
- What the Heck is a Small Dog?
- A Rescued Dog's Threatening Behavior
- Small Dog Buddies
- Housetraining a Small Dog
- When a Small Dog Bites
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About
Jeff Kanarish is first and foremost a lover of small dogs. He has two of his own--Royce and Kelsey. Jeff applied his background in Psychology to dog behavior when he and his wife, Dawn opened a dog boarding and grooming shop for small dogs in Atlanta in 2005. Although customers came to the shop to have their dogs groomed or boarded, they kept asking the same question over and over: "Why does my dog do that?" Jeff finds the answers and places them here, in AsmallDog.com. For more detail on Jeff, click this link: My Story 
