Has your friendly dog started barking and lunging at other dogs when on lead? 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 Read more
Why does Oscar still struggle with self-control despite all his training? Is extensive training the answer? Beautiful eighteen month old Chocolate Labrador Oscar was a difficult puppy. They believe now that they spoilt him. By the time he was four months old they found him hard to cope with – Read more
He has started to bully other dogs on walks.
He will body slam into them, knock them over, stand over them and even pin them down, but he chooses his victims wisely. They are usually older or more timid dogs. A typical teenage bully!
In the nicest way possible the adolescent Mia needs to be brought down a peg or two without the use of confrontation. If a command (or I would now prefer to call it ‘cue’) is used and she is defiant and refuses, what next? If they back down they have lost, and if they try to insist they risk making her angry.
There may be too much reliance upon the owners controlling the dogs, and not the dogs controlling themselves. Self-control.
A difficulty with this is that the dog learns to respect the firm disciplinarian at the expense of the weaker person, so when she the tries to control the adolescent Ben he revolts. And then what can she do?
Why is seven-month-old Charlie peeing indoors and refusing to come when called? Charlie is an adorable fluffy 7-month old Norfolk Terrier. He lives with an elderly thirteen-year-old golden Labrador who patiently tolerates his playfulness. His family have two problems with Charlie which prompted them to call me out: peeing indoors Read more
Why won’t Roxy listen, particularly when she sees other dogs? Two beautiful Golden Labradors. Roxy nearly six months old and Lola is four. As a puppy, Lola was taken to puppy classes so is the better ‘trained’ of the two, but she is nervous. Roxy is a lot more confident Read more
As soon as Monty’s owners opened the front door to let me in, Monty legged it! He ran off!
Tommy is so cute. He is an 18-month old Papillon who has lived with his new owners for a couple of months now. He had rather a strange start in life and was very thin and very stressed when they picked him up. He has put on a kilogram and Read more
Could being allowed to run the show be making Benson more anxious and protective? Yesterday it was a Miniature Schnauzer and today a Giant Schnauzer. Benson is very Big and very regal. He is magnificent – a really lovely boy, and a teenager. He runs the show. After being let Read more