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…
I read you little ten-week-old Isla’s story. What a dream of a puppy, and so clever.
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…)
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…
Koda is gorgeous – most of the time. He’s a thirteen-week-old Staffie puppy who does all the usual puppy things. He may get over-excited and rough which is normal. His toilet training is a bit slow, but we are working on that. Hr’s quick at learning and is now going Read more…
Pete is a 19-week-old Sprocker. The two problems that they have are both the result of bad advice. He jumps and bites the lady’s leg or stomach when she walks him on lead, upsetting her so much that she’s in tears. Also, Pete cries much of the night and all Read more…
There are two Issues going on that are affecting ZigZag’s defensive behaviour. I would call rushing at dogs to grab the face defensive rather than antagonistic. ZigZag is a 7-year-old Frenchie. One issue is his physical state. The other is the loss of their older dog, Bonzo, some months ago. Read more…
Darcy, an eleven-year-old Lhasa Apso, is the sweetest dog imaginable. Bruno, an Old English Bulldog is exceptionally good for a four-month-old boisterous puppy. The problem is when the two dogs are together. It started off fine about eight weeks ago when Bruno was a lot smaller. As time has gone Read more…
They worry because their five-month-old Show Cocker Oscar’s barking is getting too much now. Some dogs are simply more vocal than others The main problem is two dogs next door that run up and down the fence, barking aggressively at the puppy. This isn’t good. It scares Oscar and he Read more…
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 answer is quite simple and that is not to Read more…