Otis doesn’t feel safe around the unpredictable small grandchild. He had been found abandoned on a motorway. During the two and a half years they have had him, the couple has done a great job in building up his confidence. He is still a very ‘careful’ dog and easily upset Read more…
A dog that doesn’t welcome people into his home is a problem made much more common by lockdown. Vinnie’s owners refer to his behaviour as ‘aggressive’ but that is only because they can’t find another, better word. We know that he’s not an ‘aggressive dog’. The barking and nipping is aggressive Read more…
Sienna was, until a few weeks ago, a street dog in Romania. She is about 18 months old and was found with one puppy. It took a week to catch her. No wonder she is wary of people though she’s fine with dogs. They are giving her an amazing home. Read more…
Cockerpoo Ruby chasing the cat. The cat runs. Ruby chases. The cat isn’t scared of Ruby. In fact the cat deliberately eggs her on, they feel. There is a bit of disconnect between what they want to achieve and what they are prepared to do. They want to stop Ruby Read more…
The neighbours next door leave their fence-barking dog out in the garden. When he knows Kaya is out, he flies at their boundary fence. This understandably upsets Kaya. She retaliates. No amount of ‘training’ alone will change how the threatening fence-barking makes the mature 11-year-old German Shepherd feel. How would Read more…
(Online consultation) Flora is barking in the night – starting as soon as they they leave the dogs to go upstairs to bed. Flora is an eight-month-old Jack Russell. She lives with her littermate, Raffles. Unlike the calmer and quieter Raffles, Flora is vocal and excitable. Barking will usually get Read more…
Some dogs, like some people, are more easily excited and more vocal than others! Genetics is involved and in the case of a dog this includes the breed. Dylan is a Border Collie, not one of the breeds I would say that’s renowned for being quite so over-excitable and vocal, Read more…
Working Cocker Spaniel Lottie has a rather unusual living situation. It all started very well when she was a puppy, but then things changed. As she became older, she grew more alert. Lottie lives with the young lady in an army barracks – in the mess. Living in officers’ mess Read more…
Jack Russell Bugsy’s online consultation. The young lady lives with her father. They have had Jack Russell Bugsy for two months now. He’s seven years of age. She got in touch because of Bugsy’s constant barking. He runs around the garden for maybe a couple of hours – barking mostly Read more…
6-month old Cocker Spaniel Molly is a barker. Helping Molly’s humans with an online consultation. Even though a Show Cocker, like many Working Cockers Molly is easily excited and also very alert. She’s also a little fearful of some things. Molly barks at sounds she hears, she barks at their Read more…