During the whole time that I was there, poor little two year old Cairn Terrier Charlie never settled. First of all, my arrival stirred him up. He did a lot of jumping up. Then he started looking for shadows and reflections and was obessively chasing them barking and growling at Read more…
Hardy is a wonderful, perky little dog. He is also a bit ‘all over the place’. He reminds me a little of my Cocker Spaniel, Pickle, who is so enthusiastic that he seldom thinks before he acts! Hardy is still only ten months old. He flies all over the place, Read more…
Maisie jumps up, nips and bites. She is a 7-month-old Cocker Spaniel with behaviour very similar to Pebbles who I met a couple of days ago. She jumps up and she nips. From the moment they brought her home at eight weeks old she was a nippy puppy with her Read more…
Pebbles is six months old. Her mother is her father’s daughter – which isn’t a good thing! This means her father, a Springer Spaniel, is her grandfather – but fortunately her grandmother was a Border Collie so there are some new genes in the mix.
Princess came from Wood Green Animal Shelter two months ago. The Staffie Labrador mix is a wonderful dog, friendly and stable with no apparent hang-ups at all. Persistent jumping up The problem I was called out for was her persistent jumping up. There are three children in the family, aged Read more…
Using a psychological behavioural approach throughout the evening I showed him that jumping and grabbing me was not rewarding in any way.
Bit by bit we could see him actually choosing the desired behaviour for himself. At the end of a tiring evening, instead of being shut away in his crate to bark and cry as usual, or jumping at me whenever I moved, he was lying spark out in the middle of the floor. He even ignored us walking around him.
He is shouted at for licking them whilst being encouraged to jump onto them. He is more or less force-fed from human plates whilst refusing to eat his own food – though he is partial to doughnuts. He only has to bark at the box, and he is given one. He is becoming increasingly scared out on walks, running back to the car at the slightest sudden noise.
This is the second home for all three little dogs. They have had the eldest, Jimmy, for several years – he is twelve. Tina on the left, age two, came to live with them about seven months ago, and Guy (below), a one-year-old Chihuahua Jack Russell X, joined them a Read more…
Having had two puppies in two years myself means I have recent personal experience and have learnt a few little tricks of my own!
Pickle my own Cocker Spaniel is now fifteen months old, and Zara is my nineteen week old Golden Labrador puppy.
Givvy and Angus are beautiful chunky Black Labradors, four year old brother and sister. They do what a lot of Labs (and other dogs) do – jumping up and pulling on lead. Imagine how a dog would feel, already very excited before leaving the house, pulling madly down the road, Read more…