When a dog whines, barks and rushes whenever something exciting happens, can teaching calm behaviours work better than simply ignoring the noise? 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. Read more
Why would a young puppy suddenly fly at someone, biting clothes and arms when they sit down? Ollie, approached a bit differently, will learn self-control. The a four-month-old Border Collie lives with a lovely, gentle young lady and her two children. He is a gorgeous puppy and she is working Read more
Can taking away toys and activities actually make a lively dog more difficult to live with?
In their efforts to get some peace and to calm their one-year-old Border Collie Paddy, they have done the very opposite to what I would do myself.
Like many people do when troubled by their dog, the lovely young couple have cast about, trying all different things. None work.
Misguidedly, they have taken away from him the very things he needs to vent his arousal. He needs much more to do, not less.
Why can constant ball throwing create an obsessive, over-excited dog?
The young couple has a beautiful Border Collie pup called Sabre, soon to be sixth months old.
He greeted me outside the house, pulling hard to get to me. Most of the time I was with them he was flying all over the place or barking at the young man in particular. He barked for him to throw a toy.
The man always complies because the barking goes right through his head.
.What happens when a single frightening bang turns a confident dog into one that is suddenly afraid to go outside? A big bang started it all. Millie is no longer the carefree and happy dog that she was. Already sensitised last November, an unexpected and close firework explosion at New Read more
Border Collie Chasing and Attacking Footballs and Geese Jasper is a wonderful Border Collie. He is beautifully suited to life as a house pet in his particularly lovely home environment. They have a big garden with a stream running through it, lots of lawn with rougher areas, two alpacas and Read more
Why do two dogs that have lived together peacefully suddenly start fighting? The two females have had several minor fallouts over the past year, but during the last few weeks things have escalated with the two dogs fighting in ernest. Three big fights in three days. Blood has been drawn Read more
Why does a well-exercised dog still develop obsessive routines at home? Sometimes it’s hard to see the wood from the trees. Oscar is a dog, like many of our dogs, living in a world that he’s not been bred for. The couple do all they know to give him a Read more
Is your dog barking at the door because it actually works? At last, after going to several dogs reactive to visitors, here were dogs that were pleased to see me! Two Border Collies greeted me, two of the most polite, chilled and friendly dogs I’ve met for a while. Absolutely Read more
Pearl started snapping too and although it’s mostly at the young lady, it’s other people also. Family members want to fuss her. Looking as she does, people everywhere want to touch her. When she reacts, telling them in clear ‘dogspeak’ that she doesn’t like it, she is scolded. NO!