Why does Bella panic when the lady coughs, and how can they gently desensitise her to the sound? Bella is a little Bolognaise, a small dog of the Bichon type, nine years of age. She is, in every way apart from the one, happy and confident. She is treasured. Panic Read more
Some kind of trauma has overwhelmed Pablo. Suddenly he changed. Three days previously he had spent a week in boarding kennels. Thinking back they had assumed, as had I originally, that this was the cause. He had been a happy dog. A good eater and sleeper. He had no guarding Read more
Why was Sabre becoming obsessed with chasing and barking for attention? Be his ‘chasing supplier’ no more. The young couple has a beautiful Border Collie pup called Sabre, five-and-a-half months old. He greeted me outside the house, pulling hard to get to me. Most of the time I was with Read more
Why had Ziggy and Buddy’s fighting suddenly escalated? Common denominators: Food or a chew has been involved. Ziggy may have been on the stairs up ahead of Buddy (they live in a town house with the living room upstairs). Ziggy was already aroused in some way. Buddy has always been Read more
Sadly, for both him and the couple who love him dearly, too many things in daily life scare him. They would like to be able to include him in all they do without scaring him.
Poor Floyd. Also – poor couple he lives with. They feel trapped at home with him and can’t go out without worrying about him.
Floyd suckles a toy
They can’t take him with them with them and they can’t leave him at home
Why was Bandit more confident with one owner than the other? Some dogs are such sensitive receptors to our own feelings. Stunning Saluki/Greyhound Bandit is a case in point. Confident rock Sometimes we need to ask ourselves just what it is our dog needs in us. That, then, is how Read more
Why was Ember beginning to guard and goad the other dog? Ember is six months old. The now adolescent Ember lives with a couple, their two children and the beautiful and easy-going Siberian Husky, Runa. The two dogs play together and they sleep together. Guarding behaviour What concerns the couple Read more
When the gentleman in particular comes down in the morning, Lennon’s ears go back, he trembles and creeps forward. When the man goes to stroke him, he grumbles and bares his teeth.
Bonnie, a six-year-old Labrador, had developed a strong reluctance to get into the lady’s car. While she would happily jump into the cars belonging to the man or daughter in the household, she outright refused to get into the lady’s car.