Real-life case stories about puppies and the challenges that come with raising them, including biting and mouthing, toilet training, socialisation, recall, walking on lead and learning to settle. See how I have helped families give their puppies the best possible start.
Socialisation – what is it? Many people think it’s simply waiting for their puppy to finish his or her injections. Then they take him to a park, to training classes or to somewhere with lots of dogs.
Socialisation is about a lot more. It’s about early introduction to the outside world – people, dogs, vehicles, noises, wheelie bins…….
Why would a tiny puppy become so overwhelmed that he snarled, guarded everything and seemed unable to switch off? Resource guarding and still only a little puppy. A week ago a very distressed young lady phone me in the early morning. The previous evening her resource guarding Miniature Pinscher puppy, Read more
Why would an older dog suddenly become hostile after a new puppy arrived in the house? Their older dog and the new puppy can’t be together. Frenchie Pepe, now four years old, is not getting on with the new puppy. This isn’t so surprising seeing as he doesn’t like dogs Read more
Sometimes when the lady approaches Bea when she’s resting, the pup may curl her lip and growl. She knows what’s coming – she’s going be showered with human love.
How do you know which dog advice to trust when every expert online seems to say something different? I was greeted enthusiastically by the most adorable little dog. Six month old Bertie, a Dachshund Jack Russell mix, leapt up at me in joy. All my usual rules went out of Read more
Why do so many puppies hear “No!” all day long without really understanding what we want instead? We get a new puppy with the belief that it must fit in with our family life. He must learn what is acceptable right from the start. This sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? What Read more
Why does a friendly puppy suddenly zoom around, grab clothes and bite when over-excited? This is the start of my Puppy Parenting journey… …with the delightful Richie, a Goldendoodle puppy now age 14 weeks. I usually like to start as soon as the puppy arrives in his new home but Read more
What if stopping the word “No” actually helped your puppy behave better? Bella is the most adorable, soft, cute, friendly and totally scrumptious Beagle puppy of six months old. She greeted me with lots of jumping up. She jumped up at the counters. Bella jumped at and onto the table. Read more
Why was Henry getting more bitey the more people tried to stop him? I have just met Henry. Henry is the most adorable ten-week-old Labrador imaginable – with some of the sharpest teeth! When he’s excited, Henry morphs into a nipping, biting puppy. Faced with him in this mood, his family feel helpless. Read more
The young son and daughter play games that may encourage Frankie to be over-excited, rough and to use her teeth. If we don’t want to be nipped by a puppy, we don’t play hand games. We don’t play contact sports but use an item like a tug toy or a ball. We avoid getting her too excited.