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
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 very hard with him. In most respects his behaviour is exceptionally good. He’s already house-trained and he Read more
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.
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.
.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 Year when out on a walk did the rest. Now the six-year-old Collie Corgi mix spends most of her time Read more
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 a couple of geese. As soon as I Read more
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 and the owners injured splitting them up. Once this door is opened Read more
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 good life, particularly by way of long daily walks, but it’s Read more
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 beautiful. It was hard to imagine one of these dogs barking 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!