When the gentleman in particular comes down in the morning, Lennon’s ears go back, he trembles and creeps forward. When the man goes to stroke him, he grumbles and bares his teeth.
She has become increasingly wary of people either coming to the door or walking past their garden, but this came to a head recently.
Kara is a generally jumpy dog, ready to react to any sudden noise or appearance. While we can work on children specifically and traffic, this will be a lot more successful if we can improve her general nervous state.
Their current approach to her freezing on walks clearly isn’t working which, in itself, is a reason for doing things differently. Giving her choice.
Beeping. I have been to something similar before. The cause had been previous use of an electric shock collar. Panics at beeping sounds. Golden Labrador Indy panics at beeping sounds and sounds of a certain similar frequency. A notification on a mobile phone at home sends him rushing upstairs to Read more…
Rocky, a 17-week-old Cocker Spaniel puppy, lives with a couple and their son, 9. While Rocky’s doing really well with toilet training and basic cues, their main concern is that they can’t leave him by himself. When someone leaves the room Whenever someone leaves the room, even if someone else Read more…
An online consultation all the way to New South Wales, Australia. Their Australian Cattle Dog, Holden, had been living as a stray at a truck stop. He narrowly avoided traffic and was probably terrorised by some of the truckers. He was picked up by a ranger at six months of Read more…
Too scared to leave the house. Abbie’s case is so severe. Even small incidental bangs or heavy rain send her ears back and tail between her legs. She tries to dig through the floor, pants and trembles violently. In order to help her, we looked at four main areas. The Read more…
Maggie was shipped over from Cyprus with several siblings and then in kennels for a while. The lady has had her for four months now. Maggie’s brothers and sisters are even more fearful than Maggie apparently. In the rescue she refused to come out of her kennel at all. What Read more…
From the street in Romania, to a rescue compound, Billy has now lived in a house for just one week. A new life It’s sounds wonderful, but it isn’t yet all wonderful to Billy who is just five months old. These first formative months did not give him the skills Read more…