arousal, excitement
The elderly Jack Russell has stopped sleeping in the night
About five weeks ago their 11-year-old Jack Russell Lily stopped sleeping in the night.
arousal, excitement
He chases, catches and eats birds
He hunts for fledglings and for adult birds in hedgerows. He then catches and eats them.
The lady sometimes manages to exchange for sardines but by this time, if the bird isn’t already dead, it will be badly injured and in pain. This troubles the lady as much as the harm eating the bird may do to the dog.
Aggression
Why are the two Working Cockers fighting?
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. Hearing River lost his hearing a couple of years ago. Since Read more…
Aggression
Once best friends, now they fight on sight
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
Aggression
Bella and barking at the neighbours
The couple have fallen out with their neighbours because of their dog’s barking. If Working Cocker Bella hears or sees a neighbour at the fence, she goes mad. She will bark in the house if she hears them. She is constantly on the lookout and the listen-out. They need Bella Read more…
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Mystery barking. Why does Vinny bark?
The most annoying barking is while the lady is on the phone, trying to work.
The other is the real mystery. He barks at a corner of the room under the TV. This is a little shrine where they keep the ashes of their two past dogs, along with a couple of balls and their collars
Aggression
He snarls at the man when he moves towards or past the lady
As soon as the man starts to move, to get up, Colin snarls. Colin’s not naughty but troubled in some way. Success will come through helping him, not punishing him.
arousal, excitement
He whines. How can they stop their dog’s constant whining?
Baxter whines when the lady goes up the stairs. He whines when they are on the phone. He whines and screams in the car. Baxter whines constantly for attention.
How can they stop the whining?
This has several approaches.
Aggression
Sprocker charges, barking, when the young girl enters the room
As she appears in the doorway, he charges at the young girl, barking. It begins when four-year-old Sprocker Austin hears the ten-year-old daughter moving about upstairs. As she appears in the doorway, he charges at her. The poor kid is scared. He charges, barks and jumps at her, mouth open. Read more…
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Excessive whining isn’t the problem but a symptom. Anticipation? Excitement? Anxiety?
Previous advice has been to try to stop the little toy Cockerpoo’s excessive whining. Methods already advised have including sudden noise and ‘No’. The gentleman has put a lot of time and love into training Indie. She is perfect in all other respects apart from the whining. She walks beautifully; Read more…