Agreed, but do they understand that you are the leader of their pack? You might need to take them to dog training classes. Dogs will constantly challenge their place in the pack & try to be on top. This is an ongoing battle between me & one of my beagles.

About the anxiety & yelling...in the beginning when we got my "troublemaker" beagle, it was extremely stressful, & I pretty much hated my dog at that point. I regretted getting her because she was the complete opposite of my younger beagle puppy, & I felt that she was undoing the younger one's training. Her dominance issues were ridiculously off the chart, & everything she did tried my patience. I yelled at my dog pretty much every day, & my blood pressure was through the roof.

Only over the course of a couple of years did I learn to be calmer & train her to be a little less of a pain in the rear. My severe anxiety eventually got better, & I wasn't so angry anymore. I had to learn that my dog was picking up on all of my emotions, which was partly why she was so riled up all the time. Once I calmed down, she learned to calm down, too. She's still far from perfect, believe me, but now I feel lower than dirt for ever being such a jerk to her. I just had to learn that she was going to be a pretty slow & stubborn learner.

Anyway, hope this helps. I love my beagles more than anything, & even though they still make me pretty mad from time to time, I can't imagine my life without them. They are so loving, & are always there to comfort me & cheer me up.