A very large dog stands at a comfortable distance during a quiet behavior consultation while the owner and veterinary professional observe calmly.
    Large-Breed Dogs and Anxiety: Size-Specific Behavioral Considerations

    A large dog's freezing, retreating, pacing, panting, scanning, vocalizing, refusing, escape behavior, destructiveness, or sudden reactivity can be easy to misread as dominance or defiance. Those labels do not explain…