The smallest thing sets anxious Cas off.
If he settles for a moment, just the intake of breath from someone is enough to cause him to leap to his feet again. Then he rushes about, mouth wide open, panting.
Does your dog get anxious or unsettled when you stop to talk to people? Trevor, an absolute sweetie, was extremely agitated by my being there. He is a small, very young-looking black Staffie age ten. He never stopped pacing, chewing and panting all the time I was there. Two-and-a-half hours. Read more
If the dog is scared of something, the old way could well be to make him face it. If he growls and particularly if he bites, the old view is that this should be punished.
Jack Russell Bella constantly nibbles, sucks and chews herself – or scratches.
She has many seasonal allergies and allergies to food, but the nibbling and sucking was something else. The intensity and manner in which she chews herself looked to me like she was deliberately shutting out the world.
Jayden is a complicated, anxious little chap who is trying to adjust to huge changes in his life. He had been in rescue in Australia for two years and a young couple brought him over here just a week or so ago. After a long flight he is becoming used Read more
Otis is probably a Ridgeback crossed with a Pharaoh Hound. This wonderful young dog has been through a lot in the one year of his short life. He started life in a puppy farm, ended up in a shelter for several months, and a couple of months ago was adopted Read more
What – constantly on the go and gets up to mischief if ignored? You wouldn’t believe it would you! Eighteen-month old Milo is divine. He’s a cross between a Jack Russell and a Cocker Spaniel. He can be both very mischievous and extremely anxious. They can’t leave him alone at Read more
Bella is a typical rather pushy pup. In the house she will not leave poor Stonker alone, jumping on him and trying to play fight. He is severely stressed with this, so he goes and hides.
Much of the time now he’s in hiding.
She has to know where each family member is all the time, running around the house and trying to round them up. She goes ‘mental’ when they try to leave the house and go to walk out on her. She may nip a visiting person who starts walking out through a door
Doris needs support. From a practical point of view she needs a ‘safe haven’ where children are simply forbidden to go. It’s the children that need watching. She has a hidey hole under the stairs which could perhaps be gated, or there could be a gate in the doorless kitchen doorway. It’s a small house with no other downstairs rooms.