Here you will find an extensive library of “real life” case stories of dogs I have helped.
You can search all posts for specific words and this will bring up a list of stories containing the word (for example “aggression”), or you can browse from specific categories, or just browse the archive.
I hope you find the stories useful.
Giving a scared rescue space and time. Going slowly will get results fastest.
Scared rescue Letty has been with the young couple for just one week now. The Greek rescue is one year old and everything is new to her. Every sight, every sound, every person – all things we take for granted – bombard her with so many new and scary things
Phoebe barks at people coming to the door – because she feels unsafe .
As time goes by 9-year-old Cockerpoo’s barking at passing people and at the front door gets worse. Now when they open the door for a delivery, she may even nip the person’s ankles. To her it will be a last resort. She has tried everything else to get rid of
She may object when they impose touching upon her, particularly when she’s already aroused
Bailey is one of those dogs who doesn’t much like being touched unless she’s initiated it. Imposing touching upon her. This is usually when they want to make her do something that she doesn’t want to do. They impose touching upon her They came to me because they need to
Over-attached to the lady, Mabel panics when she’s out of sight
Little Cockerpoo Mabel is the perfect companion for a lady living alone in all respects but one. Over-attachment. The lady can’t leave her. She can’t go out of the room without 11-month-old Mabel panicking. Even when sleeping, the little dog will leap up to follow her as soon as she
Romanian Rescue Ella barks aggressively at the man.
They have had their Romanian rescue, Ella, for about six weeks. As she gets braver she now will bark aggressively at the man when he approaches or moves, hackles up. They are afraid she may bite him. She’s affectionate with the lady. Romanian rescue becoming increasingly reactive to the man
Scared in the car, wary of people and other dogs. Nervous dog doesn’t feel safe
Henry never has liked being in the car and the lady has even bought a new car to help him, to no avail. For the past four months the six-year-old Golden Retriever has been so scared in the car that the lady can’t get him in. There are no real