The behaviour began a few months ago. She become very hostile to people coming to their house. She also reacts to certain people when they are out if they walk towards her, particularly men.
Two main things are going on here which they need to change. One is the window-watching. The other is the ‘flooding’ – the forcing her to confront the things that overwhelm her.
Why is Atlas barking fearfully at people coming into his home? Atlas is a beautiful, playful, loving and friendly white German Shepherd with the people he knows. He is however very timid with people he doesn’t know. Atlas is 15 months old and lives with a family that includes three Read more
Sienna was, until a few weeks ago, a street dog in Romania.
She is about 18 months old and was found with one puppy. It took a week to catch her. No wonder she is wary of people
They have tried everything they can to ‘stop the barking’. This includes what ‘people’ have said they should do when the young German Shepherd barks. They have tried bark collars, a water spray and shaking stones in a bottle. Actually, they’ve not tried everything. One very important thing they’ve not Read more
Harvey barks outside in the garden. Like many people, they have felt it kindest to allow their gorgeous one-year-old Cockerpoo Harvey free access to the garden via a permanently open dog flap. He may need to toilet. Unwittingly given the role of guard duty However, Harvey’s use of the dog Read more
turning right around and going somewhere else or even going back home isn’t an option.
Walkers like their walks to go from an uninterrupted A to B.
I have just met another Henry – a Miniature Schnauzer age two. He is quite unusual to look at, being brown and with a poodle-like curly coat. Cute! Henry was barking behind a door when I arrived. Let out after I had sat down, he came charging up to me, barking Read more
He’s fiercely protective of his humans – or of anyone coming too close to them. It’s more than just protective – he resource guards them.
We were told Storm was lead reactive. However he is getting worse the more we try to walk him. He barks and lunges at everything – dogs, cats and people