If the humans a dog lives with are not calm, stable and predictable, how can their dog be these things? If their human is erratic, then one might expect their dog to be the same. Unhappy lady The situation German Shepherd Lily has lived in for the first four years Read more…
Charlie has had quite a few ups and down in his two years of life. As soon as I saw him he reminded me so much of my Milly who also had a difficult start. At some point somebody must have cared because he has been taught quite a few Read more…
Sascha is a beautiful two-year-old German Shepherd who lives with GSDs black Tango (10) and Annie (4). The couple who own them run a rabbit rescue and these dogs are incredible. Rabbits are free in parts of the house and run around the dogs who are completely chilled with Read more…
Scrummy is a magnificent 14-month old adolescent German Shepherd. He lives with two other male GSDs with a lady who has had several Shepherds over the years – but never one quite like Scrummy! He has always been wilful. Here is another dog that has had plenty of basic dog Read more…
Zorba was found as a stray in Crete and was brought home by a family who unfortunately couldn’t keep him. He and one of their dogs fought to the extent they had to be kept apart.
The big problem is that the two dogs don’t understand one another. Jet will be giving all the right signals and body language that he wants to be left alone, but of course blind Max can’t read them. Jet can’t know this.
Darcy displays all the signs of a puppy who has not been kindly handled by a sufficient number of new people before she even leaves the breeder. One or more of the following factors could also contribute to the cause: being born to a fearful mother and maybe of a natural nervous disposition anyway, kept out of the way in another room or a shed for the first eight weeks of their life, possibly some inbreeding.
Sabre is a rescue German Shepherd, probably around eight years old. He has a very friendly temperament. In the evenings poor Sabre it is obsessive attention seeking and stress. It took him getting on for three hours to calm down completely when I visited. All evening he was whining for Read more…
It is a tribute to his great personality that he is not aggressive or fearful – or both. In fact, I have very seldom watched while someone behaves in such an inappropriate way with their dog.
Yesterday I visited another pair of large dogs that are wonderful in the house but who are giving the lady owner problems out on walks. Kaiser and Boodie are most unusual and stunning to look at. They are young cream-coloured German Shepherds, both in their third year. Their experienced German Read more…