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Hi L. Barrelle,

You may find it helpful to increase your dog's opportunity to socialize. Daily walks provide a great opportunity for doing this. Your dog gets to experience new people and places, but under your supervision. You can encourage him to allow well wishers to pet him as long as you're certain he isn't likely to bite. Ask them to approach your dog slowly and speak calmly and kindly to him. Having good experiences like this should help your dog feel more confident and reduce some of his anxiety. For more suggestions, I encouage you to visit our Dogs forum and post your question there. You're bound to get a lot of good advice to help you address your problem. :)

-- Contributed by: Kelly

Hi, my daughter's 4 year-old beagle has a submissive personaity and suffers from separation anxiety as well. He likes to hump a particular toy, never people. He will do this on and off for 15-20 minutes at a time until he gets tired or the toy is taken away. Any thoughts?

-- Contributed by: L.Barrelle

Hi Joshua,

Just keep discouraging your puppy from the behavior, and she will eventually get the message. Also, she may be getting ready to come into her first heat cycle, so that could also fuel the behavior. Gentle discouragement and redirection to a more positive activity should help. :)

-- Contributed by: Kelly

yes i have a female beagle about 6 months of age we had her for about 2 months.and i've noticed that when i sit on the floor to get on the laptop she trys to climb on my leg and i guess trys to hump me i push her off befor she trys to do any thing is there a way to stop her from that??

-- Contributed by: Joshua Wells
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