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…)
They have nine-year-old Bingley and puppy Bumble, 4 months. Both are Show Cocker Spaniels. Are they going to have to make the heart-breaking decision to give up on the puppy? Bingley rejects the puppy I can’t describe the situation any better than the lady in her initial message to me: 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…
Twelve-year-old Cockerpoo Charlie has become increasingly agitated around the puppy as each day goes by. Fortunately the 11-week old puppy is resilient. He’s a Cavapoochon. They have chosen to get a puppy at this time because the daughter is home from uni and has time to dedicate herself to settling Read more…
Here is another story where introducing puppy to an older dog is proving to be a problem. My last case of introducing puppy to an older dog was just a couple of days ago. The two played too roughly and this wasn’t good for the puppy. This case is about Read more…
The play fighting immediately gets out of hand. Four month old Labrador puppy Harvey ‘attacks’ Bertie. Bertie, age ten, doesn’t get cross. He joins in. The lady breaks the play fighting up eventually. She says otherwise they would never stop. Killjoy Now call me a killjoy, but I think this Read more…
Lucy arrived five days ago, having probably lived with travellers. It was obvious she hadn’t lived in a house before so she has some has settling in to do. Already she is nearly house-trained so they are doing very well. Lucy is affectionate and biddable. As you would expect a Read more…
Humphrey, a four-year-old Boston Terrier, is a deaf dog. He’s also has stomach problems. Depressed The arrival of puppy French Bulldog Pearl, now 14 weeks, has affected him badly. They also moved house a fortnight ago so everything is new and Humphrey likes routine. He seems depressed and he regularly Read more…
Poor little Lhasa Apso Max is scared of the new puppy. He is a great little dog with a wonderful temperament, but for four years he has been a much-loved Only Dog.
Things have already come a long way in the couple of days since they brought Frenchie puppy Brie home. Max’ first reaction was to growl in a defensive manner. He then ran away and hid. His family had assumed he would love her because generally he’s very happy with other dogs.
She is tiny and adorable but Max doesn’t think so. (more…)
The bouncy puppy, a twelve week Old English Sheepdog, is simply too much for their other dog, a little Poodle-Westie mix.
Both dogs individually are perfect for their relative ages and breeds. They are doing brilliantly with bouncy puppy Fergy and all the usual puppy things.
It’s when the two dogs are together that things aren’t going well for little Busby.
Before Fergy arrived, little Busby had an interference-free life. They took him everywhere. Now the ten-year-old has to put up with constant pestering from a bouncy puppy who just wants to play all the time. (more…)