Dog Training

Q. We have a 3-year-old female sheltie that is smart and sweet but also somewhat timid and submissive. Often, her first reaction when we approach her is to flop on her back.

Katy Marshall was cautious when she and her husband, Ed, took each of their newborn children home - to their three dogs. The greyhound, corgi and mixed breed pups were far from vicious, and they seemed to pose no willful threat to the babies, but Marshall wanted to be careful.