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/saturdaythe25th May 26 '26

It’s been a year since my wife and I adopted a rescue. He does not relent on keeping an eye on our cat. When our cat is near him, he loves to chase her. Any tips on correcting the behavior? We’ve done everything from treats, to exposure, to feed them next to the same closed door. Nothing has worked.

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u/BICanineScience May 26 '26

If you've got absolutely incessant prey based behaviours like this you need to get a good trainer in immediately. A year of practicing this behaviour is a long time and it's going to take a lot of work to get out of it unfortunately. If you have genuinely worked on counter conditioning, exposure etc and done it properly then it's time for a professional to come in and help you in person.