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Home Behavior Fear & Confidence Building Up Your Dog’s Confidence

Building Up Your Dog’s Confidence

How to help your timid dog find courage.

Pat Miller, CBCC-KA, CPDT-KA

Published: August 22, 2011 Updated: January 6, 2021