Why does the puppy panic when someone simply stands up or walks away? 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 Read more
I read you little ten-week-old Isla’s story. What a dream of a puppy, and so clever. Theo Stewart – dog behaviourist helping dog owners helping their dogs through understanding. I can help you too.
How can a boisterous puppy learn to live calmly with an older dog?
The lady has a 12-year-old black Labrador, Ginny.
Her son, who doesn’t live with her, recently got himself a boisterous black Labrador puppy. Bobby is now a very large five months old.
The lady has a quiet life with elderly Ginny – that is until the son drops boisterous Bobby off! This may happen a couple of times a week.
As soon as he arrives there is bedlam. (more…)
How can a rescue dog learn to adapt to life in a home after living on the streets? 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 Read more
The problems start when they want Koda to do something he himself doesn’t want to do!
Outdated bad advice
A trainer had advised them to cover Pete’s crate and leave him to cry. It was hot weather!
The same trainer advised on walks to ‘hold him tight to make him heel’.
Even if he’s not currently in pain, his system will be programmed to expect pain if bumped into. Feeling ‘delicate’, he will have learnt over the years to avoid physical interaction with other dogs.
Darcy, an eleven-year-old Lhasa Apso, is the sweetest dog imaginable. Bruno, an Old English Bulldog is exceptionally good for a four-mont
h-old boisterous puppy.
The problem is when the two dogs are together.
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Why was Kai snapping when picked up or handled? Kai is fourteen weeks old. Even when they visited him in his litter at four weeks old he growled when picked up. This has now developed to sudden lunging and biting when he doesn’t want to be carried or cuddled. One Read more