What can you do when your older dog seems to hate the new puppy you brought home to be his companion? They got a new puppy especially for him. Dalmatian Merlin lost his soul mate, a female Golden Retriever, a couple of months ago. The two dogs had been inseparable Read more
Bella is very reactive and wary of many things she could have been gently habituated to from the start. The vacuum cleaner, lawn mower, hairdryer, garden hose and more. The young man plays wrestling games and hypes her up when he comes home till she’s flying all over him like a wild thing. Inadvertently, through his shouting at a TV football match, she is now really frightened when he raises his voice.
Lola barks at planes and birds and bees.
She barks at the door bell, at animals on TV and at the young sons’ Nintendo game sounds. She barks at other dogs if she can’t get to them. She barks at everything.
How can an older dog learn to accept a lively new puppy in the home? Just twelve days ago I visited 10-year-old Chocolate Labrador Coco and new puppy Charlie. They knew things would be very difficult because Coco just doesn’t like other dogs full stop – they were expecting trouble. Read more
How do you help an older dog accept a lively new puppy without causing conflict? I do love the variety in my job. I wrote about Coco four weeks ago and about preparing him for the arrival of their new puppy. Coco is a ten-year-old Chocolate Labrador who really isn’t Read more
How do you prepare an older dog who dislikes other dogs for the arrival of a new puppy? Chocolate Labrador Coco is ten years old now and they are getting a new puppy, a Chocolate Labrador puppy, in a few weeks’ time. Other dogs The owners readily admit they didn’t Read more
Why would an older Cocker Spaniel growl at a friendly new puppy? I was called out because, as the people interpreted it, three-year-old Blue Roan Cocker Flo was ‘aggressive to puppy Wilson because he wouldn’t leave her alone and kept wanting to play with her’. The situation was different to Read more
How can too much handling, excitement and attention overwhelm a young puppy? Dolly is an adorable, playful one-year-old ShihTzu with no problems at all – a really stable little dog. A week ago nine-week-old Bella joined the family. She is a Malshi, a cross between a Shih Tzu and a Read more
Bella is a typical rather pushy pup. In the house she will not leave poor Stonker alone, jumping on him and trying to play fight. He is severely stressed with this, so he goes and hides.
Much of the time now he’s in hiding.
The people are very experienced in looking after foster hearing dogs that have been bred for an easy and cooperative temperament. Their own dog, Pippy, is an ongoing challenge. He was already a troubled and scared pup when they got him at just a few months old. He’s now four.