What if your dog isn’t being stubborn on walks, but simply doesn’t feel safe? When I arrived British Bulldog Bentley was very interested in sniffing me as most dogs are – they probably know all about my own four dogs within a few seconds! He didn’t seem nervous of me Read more
He finds one of the most entertaining things is to have them chase after him to retrieve a tissue, a sock or something else he shouldn’t have.
He likes to grab cushions to chew and to drag his bedding about – anything really that gets a reaction!
The confrontational and controlling methods as used by a certain well know TV trainer are merely teaching Franklyn defiance and inciting aggression, so will be dropped. These are methods that appeal to people when they feel they are losing control – but the results are short-lived and using force of any kind amounts to bullying. Totally unnecessary and counter-productive when, by understanding how to use positive methods you ultimately end up with a cooperative, happy and calmer dog.
Chaos Jumping all over people, flying behind them around the backs of the sofa, leaping up at faces when they are standing, stealing things then destroying or eating them, tail-chasing round and round, and suckling his blanket. Staffie Marley is a loveable but exhausting, hyperactive dog. When they are out Read more
Excitable Ollie just kept on going! Pacing, rushing about, panting, drinking, wanting to go out, clamouring for attention, chewing……. Being excitable may be an emotion and part of a dog’s personality – but it can be a learnt behaviour too when it’s constantly reinforced. Dogs very often mirror their humans. Read more
A couple of days ago, to the total horror of the young couple who own her, their dog bit someone. How her humans behave in response Their reaction was very natural but to the more enlightened completely inappropriate. It can only encourage further aggression. Things now are definitely heading in Read more
Barney is a wonderful adolescent Flat Coated Retriever. His family are first-time dog owners and, like many inexperienced people, getting a puppy they make assumptions. Assumptions regarding their puppy’s needs based on their own human perceptions of what an adult person might need. Barney’s needs Comparing the 7-month-old dog to Read more
I fell in love (again)! This time it was with 8-month-old black Labrador Peppa. Her increasingly demanding attention-seeking behaviour was becoming potentially dangerous for their six year old daughter. Behaviour worsens in the evening It tends to be worse in the evening – as it often seems to be with Read more
Yesterday I met beautiful two year old rescued Boxer/Staffie cross Patch who lives with delightful but more reserved crossbreed Freya. I knew that I was there because Patch had bitten four people. It was just so hard to imagine him being a dog that bites. There were absolutely no vibes Read more
Cocker Spaniel Buddy wants attention all the time. When they take no notice of him he jumps the stair-gate, rushes upstairs and raids the bedrooms for something to parade. It always ends in a chase with Buddy hiding gleefully under the daughter’s bed, ‘Catch me if you can!’ I asked Read more