We all know what Pugnacious means! Frank is a delightful, friendly and playful ten-month-old Pug French Bulldog mix. He is a typical teenager in that he likes to play his family up – he is a clever boy. What I was called for is Frank’s behaviour around dropped food, bones Read more…
Three year old Black Labrador Alfie is in nearly every respect a good natured and biddable dog. However, in one respect, his behaviour has been worsening over the past year or so. They can’t pinpoint when it started. He has become aggressive around food and they are no longer able Read more…
The people are very experienced in looking after foster hearing dogs that have been bred for an easy and cooperative temperament. Their own dog, Pippy, is an ongoing challenge. He was already a troubled and scared pup when they got him at just a few months old. He’s now four.
Over the months they have tried scolding, punishment, encouraging him, spraying him with a pet ‘Corrector’, taking his food away, not taking his food away – basically everything that well-meaning friends and family, the dog trainer they go to or the Internet tells them to do.
He gets manic bouts of frenzy, flying around and going for the two men, like he’s fired by high octane fuel. The young man then physically pins him down to prevent someone getting hurt.