Minor advice about how to calm your dog? (5)
I believe the answer is:
petit
'minor' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'advice about how to calm your dog?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'dog?' could be 'pet' (dogs are often kept as pets) and 'pet' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'it' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for petit that I've seen before include "Small or mild in France" , "- - point: tapestry stitch" , "Not great" , "Small (when with bourgeois, four, jury, larceny, mal and point)" , "Small to the French" .)