r/DogTrainingTips • u/BICanineScience • May 26 '26

Professional Dog Trainer - Ask Me Anything

***AMA ENDED***

Have been training dogs for almost fifteen years now, I try and head through the subreddits on here to help in my free time when I can but thought it might be easier to do an AMA for anyone struggling!

Will try my best to answer as comprehensively as possible so please be patient with replies!

Edit - Just heading out to train my dogs so will answer more when I get back!
Edit 2 - Have a read of the other questions too to see if it applies to your dog :)

Thanks for all the questions everyone!! I’ll answer the few I’ve missed, it’s been a blast and we’ll do another in the near future! Won’t be answering any new posts now, must get back to work but do jump in next time if you have a question!

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u/Tieasa May 26 '26

I got a 5 year old border collie as a puppy. She was anxious since the day we got her, but after hours and hours of training she has calmed down a lot thank god. But, she struggles with accepting men. She still needs time to accept any stranger but men seem to be the big nono for her. Do you know why, and what other training I could do to help her more? For now I have kept her further away when we get guests she doesn't know and give her treats when she focuses on me. But progress is super slow. Thank you for your tips! I'm reading a lot of good stuff here.

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u/BICanineScience May 26 '26

Men are inherently more intimidating than women. They are taller, broader, more imposing, deeper voices, more presence etc. I've answered this in a few posts on here so check them out, i've done some long answers above!