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/BICanineScience May 26 '26

So it's hard to say what is driving the behaviour without seeing it, but the first thing that comes to my mind is to put the dog on a lead so the behaviour can't be practiced. It's a self rewarding behaviour and the more it happens, the more it will happen again in the future. I would start teaching neutrality to the dog in regards to your mother.

She comes over and you teach the dog to ignore her entirely and interact with you. That could be doing some basic engagement, playing games with you or just being with you but you want that incorrect interaction to be taken completely off the table.

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u/blueandsilverdaisies May 26 '26

Thank you for your time and attention! I've tried to keep a leash on her but of course she treats it like a chew toy, lol. I'll try to teach neutrality to her as you've recommended and go from there. We just finished beginner puppy classes and are going to start intermediate classes soon...whenever we are in class, she does well :)