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.
Kiera barks. They have ‘tried everything’.
They have tried everything they can to ‘stop the barking’. This includes what ‘people’ have said they should do when the young German Shepherd barks. They have tried bark collars, a water spray and shaking stones in a bottle. Actually, they’ve not tried everything. One very important thing they’ve not
The Westie screams. Is it fear? Is it pain?
JoJo the Westie Screams. He is eleven years old. He has lived with the couple for just a few months now. He is a model dog in every respect bar this. Previously he lived in kennels as a stud dog and show dog. He’s never lived as a pet in
Preventing problem between dogs developing
The couple have two lovely dogs that get on like a house on fire. There may be a problem between dogs beginning however. Rogue, a Romanian rescue and the more recent edition, has started growling at Labradoodle Jasper, age 9. They don’t want this to develop into anything serious. Any
With his warning signs ignored, he has little choice but to bite.
Their goal is ‘for Snoopy not to bite’. What brought this to a head is that he bit their 7-year-old nephew. MY goal is ‘for Snoopy not to feel the need to bite’. These are two very different things. ‘For Snoopy not to bite’ implies that the humans carry on
Chasing the cat. Something has to give if the situation is to change.
Cockerpoo Ruby chasing the cat. The cat runs. Ruby chases. The cat isn’t scared of Ruby. In fact the cat deliberately eggs her on, they feel. There is a bit of disconnect between what they want to achieve and what they are prepared to do. They want to stop Ruby
Aggressive to their new dog, the other side of the world.
This was a very interesting online session. The dog is sometimes aggressive towards one of their other dogs. It took me all the way the other side of the world to Florida and to a farm with hundreds of acres. They have six dogs. Three are Great Pyrenees and one