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…
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…
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 the young couple. He had never encountered the real world of Read more…
Having two young dogs can be a challenge. Having litter mates can be a challenge. Having young working Springer Spaniels without a job to do can be the biggest challenge of all. The lady admits that when they picked up the two bundles of fluff they had no idea that Read more…
Yesterday I visited a 9-month-old Cocker Spaniel called Willow. Wonderful! My own irrepressible Cocker Spaniel, Pickle, has given me some good practice. Here is a list of things Willow does: Jumping up on people, excessive licking of people’s faces, jumping at the table and sides, barking (answering) back when told off, Read more…
Barney is a wonderful 7-month-old Flat Coated Retriever. His family are first-time dog owners and like many inexperienced people getting a puppy they make assumptions regarding their puppy’s needs based on their own human perceptions of what a person might need. Comparing the dog to a young child would be Read more…
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…
Goldie Fynn is one year old. He is boisterous and confident. He lives with three-year-old black Labrador, Alfie. His exuberance has been causing problems. A few weeks ago he bowled his lady owner over and she broke her ankle, so the gentleman has a lot to do just now. Fynn Read more…
Beautiful eighteen month old Chocolate Labrador Oscar was a difficult puppy. They admit they spoilt him and by the time he was four months old they found him hard to cope with – stealing, grabbing, nipping and so on, so they took him to puppy classes. Oscar has been Read more…
This is Ben, a magnificent Northern Inuit age 15 months. He lives with another Inuit and two elderly black Labradors. Ben is a typical adolescent and he is pushing boundaries. Like a teenager, he sometimes resists being told what to do – especially by the lady. There is some conflict Read more…