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
Why had River and Charlie’s fighting escalated? River and Charlie are fighting. They have two black male Working Cockers. River and Indie are 13 and have been together since they were puppies. Charlie, a Springer cross is 10 joined the other two a couple of years ago. Lost his hearing Read more
The two dogs have been so close and now, unless it’s on a walk, they can’t look at one another without breaking into a fight
Why is Pibbles aggressive towards Maggie May when excitement rises, and how can they reduce the tension safely? This was a very interesting online session. The dog is sometimes aggressive towards one of their other dogs. My online consultation took me all the way the other side of the world Read more
The bouncy puppy, a twelve week Old English Sheepdog, is simply too much for their other dog, a little Poodle-Westie mix.
Both dogs individually are perfect for their relative ages and breeds. They are doing brilliantly with bouncy puppy Fergy and all the usual puppy things.
It’s when the two dogs are together that things aren’t going well for little Busby.
Before Fergy arrived, little Busby had an interference-free life. They took him everywhere. Now the ten-year-old has to put up with constant pestering from a bouncy puppy, larger than himself, who just wants to play all the time. (more…)
The ultimate aim is for him to be less reactive to dogs when out. Is it excitement? Is it anxiety? Does he want to play? Is it a mix of emotions? He has never learnt appropriate dog manners and his brain is so full of excitement he loses control of himself.
Poor little Teddy is now on the defensive. He is very small, weighing only about 5kg. The three-year-old is a cross between a Shih Tzu and, surprisingly, a Border Collie – they saw his mother. The friendly and confident little dog has had two setbacks recently. Other dogs had never Read more
An elderly family member is no longer able to look after her dog and he now has a new home. Cairn Terrier Ben has gone to live with the couple and their dog Bonnie. Bonnie is a Labrador Cocker Spaniel mix (the Labrador next door called to visit the mother Read more
They have to avoid people and dogs? Really? I found Billie and Shaun the most polite, friendly and chilled dogs anyone could wish to meet. Billie is a Labradoodle who looks much more like a Labrador, and Shaun a Jack Russell mix. Both are three years of age. There is Read more
I have just been to a couple of Labradoodles, Sol and Cristal. What the owners would like to achieve is much less barking at home and, from Sol, on walks also. He may bark and lunge at other dogs but only when he’s on lead and when they get too Read more