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# Dog Training *Advice*
Practical guidance on reactivity, aggression, puppies and choosing a program — written by the trainers who do the work.
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**93** articles**Written** by working trainers**Any dog**, any breed, any problem
Featured article
### [Building Confidence For Rogue And Her Owner](https://www.koruk9.com/blog/building-confidence-for-rogue-and-her-owner)
We love telling you the inspiring stories of the dogs and owners who we work with, but today we’re going to let one ...
Success Stories Dec 1, 2022 [Read it →](https://www.koruk9.com/blog/building-confidence-for-rogue-and-her-owner)
Where should I start if my dog’s behavior is getting worse?
Start with the behavior you actually need help with, not the training package. The articles below walk through the most common situations owners bring to us — and the behavior guides go deeper on reactivity, aggression and anxiety.
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## Advice from the Koru K9 team
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### [Success Stories Building Confidence For Rogue And Her Owner We love telling you the inspiring stories of the dogs and owners who we work with, but today we’re going to let one happy owner tell their ... Dec 1, 2022Read the post →](https://www.koruk9.com/blog/building-confidence-for-rogue-and-her-owner)
### [Success Stories Colby: Total Recall When Colby’s owners brought him to us, one of their top priorities was off-leash recall – they wanted Colby, who showed a strong drive to ... Dec 1, 2022Read the post →](https://www.koruk9.com/blog/colby-total-recall)
### [Success Stories Walter's Story Walter’s owners began struggling with his aggression shortly after bringing him home. At 12 weeks, Walter’s aggression began to grow from ... Jun 28, 2021Read the post →](https://www.koruk9.com/blog/walters-story)
### [Success Stories Ranger's Update Prior to training, Ranger had bitten his mother in the face and also gave her roommate stitches from a bite to the skull…. the ... Jun 28, 2021Read the post →](https://www.koruk9.com/blog/rangers-update)
### [Success Stories Juma the Reactive Rhodesian Ridgeback Rehabilitation Reactive Rhodesian Ridgeback Rehabilitation…say that ten times fast! Aug 5, 2015Read the post →](https://www.koruk9.com/blog/juma-the-reactive-rhodesian-ridgeback-rehabilitation)
### [Success Stories Nero Gets His PSA PDC! We have a little bragging about our dog, Nero! We are very excited to report that Ray and Nero received a PSA PDC this past weekend at a ... Oct 7, 2014Read the post →](https://www.koruk9.com/blog/nero-gets-his-psa-pdc)
### [Success Stories A Leash Reactive Dog with a New “Leash” on Life! Less than one month ago, Nicklas’ mom came to us looking for help with his severe leash reactivity. To quote her, he “lunged and barked ... Aug 26, 2014Read the post →](https://www.koruk9.com/blog/a-leash-reactive-dog-with-a-new-leash-on-life)
### [Success Stories Check out Chester’s Off Leash Obedience! Chester’s Transformation: From Fearful and Reactive to Calm and Confident Just two short months ago, Chester’s family reached out to us at ... May 13, 2014Read the post →](https://www.koruk9.com/blog/check-out-chesters-off-leash-obedience)
### [Success Stories Fun with Focus Heeling With all the training that we do for other people’s dogs, we have to set time aside to train our own dogs! Luna and Nero LOVE their popper ... May 8, 2014Read the post →](https://www.koruk9.com/blog/fun-with-focus-heeling)
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Go deeper
## Behavior guides
Longer, evergreen guides to the problems owners ask us about most.
### [Leash reactivity Barking, lunging and the walks you’ve started to dread. Read the guide →](https://www.koruk9.com/leash-reactivity-guide)
### [Aggression Growling, guarding and bites — and when to get professional help. Read the guide →](https://www.koruk9.com/aggressive-dog-training-guide)
### [Anxiety & fear Separation anxiety, noise sensitivity and the shrinking world. Read the guide →](https://www.koruk9.com/dog-anxiety-training-guide)
### [Rescue dogs Building trust with a dog whose history you don’t know. Read the guide →](https://www.koruk9.com/rescue-dog-training-guide)
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