Lizzie is a Patterdale Staffie mix. Her previous owners split up and Lizzie has now lived in her new home for four weeks. She used to live with another dog. She is a quiet little dog. She also seems a rather worried little dog. She is only three years old Read more
He felt absolutely terrible when he discovered that all the mess wasn’t done by Chloe. They had had a break in and poor Chloe was traumatised. Where before she was distressed at being alone, now she was also terrified of her owner coming back.
Using force, pushing him into scary situations he’s not ready for and even using a spray collar for when he barks at people on walks as ‘a friend said’, will have the very opposite effect to what they want him to grow up to be. A relaxed, friendly and confident adult dog.
There was something sad about Janie. Over the past few months she seems to have lost her joy in life, and she is only sixteen months old. She is not playful any more. Out on walks she pulls ahead and worries about other dogs being too near. She has a Read more
Sasha is very similar to my Milly in temperament. Both are German Shepherds and neither had the best start in life. Sasha was found dumped in a park in London at about 5 months old, and Milly was in a puppy farm until she was three months old. Neither had Read more
My gentleman client has had Monty for just six days. Monty is a small and extremely cute Jack Russell. He has previously had two homes that probably had young children and Monty may have felt threatened and shown aggression to protect himself. He then spent six weeks in Wood Green animal shelter. Read more
I have just had a challenging evening with two border collies, Will and Ruby. Their owners have not had a guest to their house for two years now because of their dog’s behaviour. Both nervous Border Collies lunge and bark at people in a scary way. They have bitten. They can’t even Read more
It was hard to take a photo of Tiny because he never remained still for long enough in the entire three hours I was there today. The little Jack Russell is one of the most stressed little dogs I have seen. Tail-chasing ritual Tiny has a tail-chasing ritual that is more or Read more
For days ago I went to see Jack, a Jack Russell/Staffie mix. He lives with Amelia who is three years old. Jack is only fourteen months old himself. Jack is scared when Amelia approaches him. He doesn’t want to be touched, pulled about or played with. Poor little Jack was Read more
I visited Cocoa, a Chocolate Labrador age four years old. Cocoa does a lot of jumping up and is quite stressed and anxious. One particular problem is that she is sometimes scared of walking over shiny floors and they live in a house with large areas of wood and tile. Poor Read more