This has been a week for small dogs needing help, including two miniature Dachshunds. Digby was an unusual brindled colour.
I was called out because Digby barks at passers by. He barks at the letter box, he barks at cars and he barks at animals on TV.
He goes into a panic.
Digby also barked at me. He cries and barks when he is left alone.
He also persistently toilets in the house.
It is five days later and I have just spoken to them. No toileting in the house since I saw them. They are following the plan and working consistently on the barking in a kind and fair way.
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This picture is of Bailey, the Dachshund I visited this evening.
His problems are very similar to those of Digby, though his barking is more excessive.
Like Digby, his barking is all through fear.
He gets very excited and when he is stressed he licks himself compulsively.
Initially he was barking continuously at me as I sat on the sofa, but soon we had a quiet evening – unusually quiet for Bailey – after I showed Bailey’s lady owner how to help him with how he felt about me.
Bailey was then relaxed until I stood up to go, when he started again.
He was rather suspicious about having my camera pointed at him for a photo before I left!
