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Fear

Noise sensitive Labrador reacts to any sudden sound. Fireworks and bangs are the worst.

They have had Jake since he was a puppy. He’s now four years old.   The couple have theories about why he’s quite so noise sensitive. As a puppy a closed crate crashed down beside him and sent him running and hiding. It’s very possible this happened during a fear Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 3 monthsMarch 2, 2022 ago
Fear

PTSD caused by one loud bang in mid-afternoon has ruined walks

Laddie has always been a sensitive dog but he loved going out, he loved his walks and he also was happy to meet people and most other dogs. That has now all changed. It took just one careless firework set off behind their fence in an afternoon to terrify the Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 5 monthsJanuary 12, 2022 ago
Fear

Border Collie’s Life Blighted by Bangs

Poor Border Collie Sweeper does not feel safe. In some areas of the country automatic bird-scarers and those fired like rockets are going off like fireworks throughout daylight hours. At each bang Sweeper panics. He can hear them even when we can’t. A dogs hearing can be up to 40 Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 2 yearsOctober 24, 2020 ago
Fear

Triggers Stacking. One Thing After Another

Stunning Flo is nine months old. She was rescued from Romanian streets at 5 months old – an Akbash – a Turkish sheep guarding dog. I believe a series of unfortunate events has most likely coincided with a particularly vulnerable period in Flo’s life – a fear period. Had these Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 4 yearsMay 3, 2018 ago
Fear

Bang of Exploding Firework. Now Scared of Going Out.

.A big bang started it all. Millie is no longer the carefree and happy dog that she was.  Already sensitised last November, an unexpected and close firework explosion at New Year when out on a walk did the rest. Now the six-year-old Collie Corgi mix spends most of her time Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 4 yearsApril 25, 2018 ago
Fear

Bird Scarer. The Curse of Dog Walkers.

Ten days ago a bird scarer detonated and if he’d not been on lead Bob would have legged it home. He has now become reluctant to walk again – as he had been a year ago when they first got him. The Staffie Labrador mix is now four years old. Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 4 yearsDecember 27, 2017 ago
Fear

Spooked by Bangs. On High Alert.

I had a lovely greeting from Staffie Rio. Too lovely, really, considering he had never met me before. Exaggerated welcomes, particularly with people the dog doesn’t know, may not be pure pleasure but involve some anxiety. Rio went back and forth, wagging his tail and sitting between my legs. He Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 4 yearsDecember 3, 2017 ago
Fear

Spooked. Suddenly Scared. On Constant High Alert

The dear little Lhasa Apso Jack Russell mix seems to have a near perfect life. Why is she so easily scared and spooked? They have had her since she was a puppy and she has always been nervous. It must surely be genetic. Celeste is ‘living on the edge’. The Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 5 yearsJuly 27, 2017 ago
Fear

Gunshots and Bangs. The Noise of Traffic

Little Jessie’s otherwise perfect life is blighted by fear of the sound of gunshots, bangs and certain other sounds. It was rare for me not to hear a bark when I rang the doorbell. She was very friendly without being over-excited and didn’t appear to be a nervous dog at all. Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 5 yearsFebruary 27, 2017 ago
Fear

Fear of Sounds and Won’t Walk

They have had Max for nearly four weeks now. After a life where he was alone for many hours a day followed by several months in rescue kennels, the five-year-old Border Collie has a great deal of adjusting to do and his new owners, knowing already some of the problems Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 7 yearsFebruary 28, 2015 ago

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