They have nine-year-old Bingley and puppy Bumble, 4 months. Both are Show Cocker Spaniels. Are they going to have to make the heart-breaking decision to give up on the puppy? Bingley rejects the puppy I can’t describe the situation any better than the lady in her initial message to me: Read more…
Cavapoochon Lula is very happy sharing the sofa or bed with their two cats – when nobody is there. When they are out the camera shows her cuddled up with the two cats. Sharing the person’s space When a person is sitting down with her that’s a different matter. When Read more…
The young man sits on the sofa in the evening, black Labrador Dex the other end of it. The man looks at Dex and they make eye contact. Dex growls. Soft growls For the first few weeks after he took in the now eighteen-month-old Dex six months ago, the dog Read more…
It’s a great shame. Hattie was friendly and confident with other dogs until an ‘aggressive’ dog incident that scared her. Then it happened again with another dog. Now Cockerpoo Hattie, depending upon her general arousal levels, may herself bark and growl at a dog. (I have ‘aggressive’ dog in inverted Read more…
They have had their Romanian rescue, Ella, for about six weeks. As she gets braver she now will bark aggressively at the man when he approaches or moves, hackles up. They are afraid she may bite him. She’s affectionate with the lady. Romanian rescue becoming increasingly reactive to the man Read more…
It’s unusual, puzzling behaviour. 9-month-old Cocker Spaniel Jack only behaves like this when either the man or one of the adult sons is present. A loving dog when the lady is alone with him When she walks into the room and the man is there, he flies at her growling, Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
Here is another Cocker Spaniel who guards something that she values, ‘It’s Mine!’ My case stories of Cocker Spaniels that resource guard are attracting more. Many spaniels have guarding tendencies in their genes. I don’t know why. It will be passed down from generation to generation. My own Working Cocker Read more…
Their positive relationship with their puppy is worsening. To quote the man: ‘Every day is a battle where he is taking up our whole lives’. This is so sad. We get a puppy with such wonderful dreams of a loving, positive relationship. The 14-week-old Golden Retriever has only been with Read more…