Dog owners: Did your young dogs go through an intense period of fear?

Dog owners: Did your young dogs go through an intense period of fear?
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Your pup has taken on the role of protector and will not ever change. Embrace that your pup has matured into that role and respect it and do not shelve his behavior as fear. It will be the others he encounters that should fear him….that said be mindful of his protective role he now assumed and both on leash and off….you as his master will have to “manage” his instinctive reactions to any and all who he will perceive as a threat. Start now to teach him how to respond to sounds, passerby’s and new guests. It takes a LOT of work but worth the effort that will circumvent a lot of barking and biting. Good luck!
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