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Cocker Spaniel has become an adolescent
Ember is six months old. The now adolescent Ember lives with a couple, their two children and the beautiful and easy-going Siberian Husky, Runa. The two dogs play together and they sleep together. What concerns the couple is adolescent Ember’s growing guarding behaviour towards Runa. She is happy to give
Curious. He bares teeth when going up to kids and they touch him. When they stop he ‘nuzzles for more’.
When the gentleman in particular comes down in the morning, Lennon’s ears go back, he trembles and creeps forward. When the man goes to stroke him, he grumbles and bares his teeth.
Bonnie’s Journey: She refuses to get in the car
Bonnie, a six-year-old Labrador, had developed a strong reluctance to get into the lady’s car. While she would happily jump into the cars belonging to the man or daughter in the household, she outright refused to get into the lady’s car.
The elderly Jack Russell has stopped sleeping in the night
About five weeks ago their 11-year-old Jack Russell Lily stopped sleeping in the night.
Illness prevented German Shepherd from necessary socialisation
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 chases, catches and eats birds
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.
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Bad advice
This is the story of Sprocker pup Pete.
Bad advice had made things a lot worse. He had the young lady in tears. Have you been following bad advice?
Traumatised by thunder
This is the story of Beagle Jessie.
Jessie was so scared of bangs that she wouldn’t walk.