Over-arousal and raised stress levels exaggerate and intensify all reactive or uncontrolled behaviours. Mina is easily aroused. With Mina these behaviours include digging, jumping up, rough mouthing, grabbing and biting; She reacts fearfully to children, jumps on people they meet when out and so on. The young dog can get Read more…
Millie is the sweetest and gentlest nine-month-old Cocker Spaniel you could hope to meet. Since the sunny weather began, her OCD reflection-chasing behaviour began. It’s like an addiction. She’s fine at the start of the day but as the arousal builds she becomes more frantic as the addiction takes hold. Read more…
In what the man interprets as rough play, Cocker Spaniel Sooty barks at dogs, jumping up and nipping their faces. He also goes for their feet. Is it really just playful behaviour lacking dog manners? After finding out everything I can about Sooty, I’m not so sure that it’s rough Read more…
Cocker Spaniel Dido lives in a family with three boys ages 13, 11 and 8. Dido is 6 months old. Dido ‘randomly’ goes for the younger two boys’ feet or clothes, often growling as she does so. She ‘randomly’ jumps at people if they get too close when they are Read more…
Ozzy is 22 months old. He has a wonderful nature for a family pet and is friendly to people and dogs. There is one problem that effects most things in his life, and consequently the life of his family. Ozzy simply gets too excited. The smallest thing triggers excitement. Already Read more…
Extreme excitement drives all 6-month-old Golden Retriever Ellie’s unwanted behaviours. She jumps up on the young children and the couple worry that she will cause an accident. She goes crazy with excitement when she sees even a distant person or dog out on a walk. Her recall is good until……! 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…
(An online consultation) First Buddy eyes up the elderly lady’s feet as she sits in her chair. Then he sniffs her slippers. Next he will bite them then try to remove them – take her socks off even. It’s the same sequence each time. Getting a reaction This then develops Read more…
Poor Apollo. He has been allowed only restricted mobility for several weeks now, having had complicated surgery on his leg. Apollo is a very energetic six-month-old German Shepherd with a fantastic temperament. He’s confident and friendly with both people and with other dogs. There are two things at the bottom Read more…
(An online consultation). A friend said this and it’s so true: ‘If we don’t like the output, we change the input’! Beautiful Beau is a clever mix of Beagle and Border Collie, an adolescent at ten months old. He lives with a couple and their five-year-old twins who are very Read more…