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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 Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 2 monthsApril 18, 2025 ago
obedience

The adolescent dog plays them up when they call her

Tallulah (great name, isn’t it) is an adolescent Labradoodle. She lives on a farm with a lot of open space. The house itself is big and open. Apart from sleeping in a crate she has had few physical boundaries.  A bit too free-range! Now Tallulah, a typical adolescent, is pushing Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 4 yearsAugust 14, 2021 ago
arousal, excitement

Wild behaviour is unwittingly fuelled

Wild behaviour from a dog the size of the adolescent Newfoundland can be scary. When Beau leaped at the kitchen table she knocked the coffee mugs flying! Seven-month-old Beau was chosen from the litter as the most bold and pushy puppy. She organised the others, I am told, by barging Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 6 yearsApril 30, 2019 ago
Rescue dog

Never goes out beyond the garden

Benji is just seven months old and never goes out beyond their garden. The German Shepherd, Standard Poodle mix lived in a barn on the farm where he was born until he was four months old when he went to live with the young couple. He had never encountered the Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 9 yearsMay 30, 2016 ago
Aggression

Jumps up, bites, barks and digs

Confrontational or dominant behaviour from the humans is a slippery slope that too often ends badly.

By Theo Stewart, 10 yearsAugust 14, 2015 ago
Cocker Spaniel

Resource guarding adolescent

Some puppies do seem to be more prone to resource guarding than others. There could be a genetic component to the behavior. Or it could be something to do with the relationships between a puppy and his litter mates, and whether they have to compete for food and other resources. Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 10 yearsApril 2, 2015 ago
Benjie and Bella sitting still at last
Aggression

Springer litter mates are like being hit by a hurricane

Benjie is a big barker for attention. Bella is a guarder – she guards resources from Benjie. Following some fights where the lady has been bitten when splitting them up, they can’t be left with toys or chews any more.

By Theo Stewart, 10 yearsJanuary 26, 2015 ago
arousal, excitement

Is Cocker Spaniel a naughty dog?

She is not a naughty dog. She is a BORED dog.

The family is on the back foot, trying to ‘field’ the things that Willow throws at them rather than themselves being proactive. She is a clever, working dog with insufficient appropriate stimulation so she is constantly finding ways to fulfil herself. She spends quite bit of time in the ‘naughty’ room.

By Theo Stewart, 11 yearsSeptember 6, 2014 ago
arousal, excitement

Adolescent Flat Coated Retriever

Barney is a wonderful adolescent Flat Coated Retriever. His family are first-time dog owners and, like many inexperienced people, getting a puppy they make assumptions. Assumptions regarding their puppy’s needs based on their own human perceptions of what an adult person might need. Barney’s needs Comparing the 7-month-old dog to Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 11 yearsDecember 21, 2013 ago
arousal, excitement

Very excited around people. Adolescent Labradoodle

What a character Labradoodle Poppy is! Here she is chewing something in our attempt to keep her calm (it didn’t last for long). A very excited adolescent Poppy is a sixteen months old adolescent and she has a wonderful temperament. She is a very stable dog in the main with Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 12 yearsMarch 25, 2013 ago

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