Understand your dog's behaviour
Understand and learn certain behaviours your dog is expressing; how these behaviours are ways of communication. Learn how some forms of aggression and anxiety are underlying symptoms of specific medical conditions.
Statistics from vets
The statistics presented provide information on aggression and anxiety in dogs; how dogs use aggression and anxiety as a form of communicating and sometimes expressing discomfort, which can be an underlying result of medical conditions.
1-3
Aggressive dogs come into vets each day.
33%
Of owners punish their dog for expressing aggressive behaviour.
3-5+
Anxious dogs come into vets each day.
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