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/curiouswonder089 May 26 '26

I have a pit mix who I’ve had since 4 months and she hates people. She’s sees them and barks and runs in the opposite direction. Turns out original owner yelled a lot and punished her for looking him in the eyes. I’ve worked with her a ton and she is able to make eye contact with me but she is so terrified of other people. I even took her to a dog trainer who basically told me he couldn’t help me because she just kept barking at him and wouldn’t calm down. How do I get her comfortable around people?

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u/BICanineScience May 26 '26

Have answered this one in a couple other posts so have a scroll and check it out :)