snapping

My dog has been snapping at his tail aggressively while barking and yelping. He will lie down for a while, seemingly comfortable, then he will suddenly spring up and start snapping like something has just hurt him. We've given him flea medicine for a couple weeks now and he continues doing it...

My dog randomly starts growling and snapping at his tail angrily and this state will last for about 3 seconds when he returns back to normal. During this time he barks and sometimes makes like a yelping noise. I think something is hurting him. He will just be sitting there on the carpet and...

Maya is my 3 going on 4 years old Siberian husky. She has been making me more and more afraid of her over the past year. If someone pets her at certain times she will growl. My family members have a tendency to hug her, I stopped because I could tell a lot of aggression was stemming from it. But...

Hi All: The Dog: Rialto is a new rescue, approximately 2 years old. He's a Cattle Dog/Terrier mix, best we know. I have had him for 2 months now. I was told that he had aggression problems by the rescue, but was lead to believe it was just around children who played too roughly with him in the...

I have two dogs, a chihuahua mix and a black lab/pit bull mix. They're approximately 8 and 9, respectively so this isn't a puppy problem and I don't know if it can be fixed. My chihuahua mix (Cinny) has started snapping at my sister's black lab/pit bull mix (Jenna) a lot lately. Cinny's always...

Some back-story: About two months ago, I adopted a handsome German Shepherd mix from animal control, they were about to put him down because of his age. He's around 6 years old, I don't know much about his past because he apparently came in as a stray. But he's housebroken, knows stay, and now...

Hello all, So, we have four papillons. We recently had a tick problem that my family was at first handling by simply pulling the ticks off of the dogs daily/nightly. Two of the dogs who are typically grouchy would get mad when we would pull the ticks off, the sweet dog who loves everyone and...

My husband and I rescued a 5 year old terrier mix from the Humane Society in February. The dog was very shy and little bit skittish at first, but he really started to warm up to us after a few weeks at home. He is obedient and good on the leash. We have introduced him to lots of dogs and people...

My 16-month old (neutered) lab/border collie mix has some behavioral problems, seemingly regarding guarding. When he gets something he's not supposed to have, or has a bone with some meat on it, he has a habit of growling, snarling and occasionally snapping at us if we try to take whatever it...

Hi, there! I have a chihuahua/terrier mix that I adopted about 7 years ago. When I first adopted her, she was a little over a year old and was very sweet. However, I've noticed that as she has gotten older (she is now 8 years old), she has started to snap. She has never even left teeth marks...

Here's the cast of characters: Dusky is a five-year-old border collie/australian shepherd mix. She's VERY shy and submissive around people. Meeting people makes her tuck her tail and cower. Her fear has NEVER turned to aggression. We take food out of her mouth, cuddle her on her back, etc. She...

i know all pups have hyper moments, but every now and then she get TOO hyper, she starts to growl and snap at hands and even faces if shes on your lap. any way to help stop the behavior? ive tried just ignoring her, because obviously shouting doesnt help, but it does get intimidating when shes...