Why does Bella panic when the lady coughs, and how can they gently desensitise her to the sound? Bella is a little Bolognaise, a small dog of the Bichon type, nine years of age. She is, in every way apart from the one, happy and confident. She is treasured. Panic Read more
Why was Sabre becoming obsessed with chasing and barking for attention? Be his ‘chasing supplier’ no more. The young couple has a beautiful Border Collie pup called Sabre, five-and-a-half months old. He greeted me outside the house, pulling hard to get to me. Most of the time I was with Read more
About five weeks ago their 11-year-old Jack Russell Lily stopped sleeping in the night.
She has become increasingly wary of people either coming to the door or walking past their garden, but this came to a head recently.
He hunts for fledglings and for adult birds in hedgerows. He then catches and eats them.
The lady sometimes manages to exchange for sardines but by this time, if the bird isn’t already dead, it will be badly injured and in pain. This troubles the lady as much as the harm eating the bird may do to the dog.
Why had River and Charlie’s fighting escalated? River and Charlie are fighting. They have two black male Working Cockers. River and Indie are 13 and have been together since they were puppies. Charlie, a Springer cross is 10 joined the other two a couple of years ago. Lost his hearing Read more
Kara is a generally jumpy dog, ready to react to any sudden noise or appearance. While we can work on children specifically and traffic, this will be a lot more successful if we can improve her general nervous state.
He’s so irresistible and touchable. He attracts human hands wherever he goes. However, he’s not a touchy-feely dog.
If approached when out, people want to touch him. They walk into his space, lean over and put out their big hands towards him. He objects
Baxter whines when the lady goes up the stairs. He whines when they are on the phone. He whines and screams in the car. Baxter whines constantly for attention.
How can they stop the whining?
This has several approaches.
Until last year, where he was alert to bangs when out on walks, he could cope. Then, late November, they were out in the garden for his final toilet trip at about 10pm, and his world erupted.