Murphy
Update on two dogs I saw some weeks ago.
After a run of German Shepherds who are very reactive to anyone coming into their home, it was great to go to a Shepherd who welcomed me immediately. Murphy and Mastiff-type Bailey are well socialised, well-trained and gentle with their children.
“We must show the dog who’s boss”. Rex guards his food. Guarding food and resources can be a contentious issue where human response is concerned. Many conscientious dog owners, doing what they believe is best, follow dangerous, outdated notions. These techniques can involve, right from the start as routine training, Read more…
Cesar Millan? No! Instead – watch videos of Chirag Patel, Victoria Stilwell, Steve Mann, Nando Brown, Zak George – a huge list of modern force-free trainers doing a much better job but without the same publicity machine and sadly not on National Geographic or prime time TV. The big question Read more…
How strange. My very next appointment after having written my Paws for Thought on Citronella anti-bark collars was a dog who had been trained not to bark using one. The two-year-old English Working Cocker Spaniel (isn’t he beautiful) lives with his young lady in a flat and when he was Read more…
Franklyn is alone all day, and when his humans come home he wants FUN. They on the other hand, after a long day at work, want to RELAX in front of the TV. Little Franklyn is a cross between a Pug and a King Charles Spaniel, and he is fifteen Read more…
Controlled in a dominant, ‘Alpha’ fashion, Monty gets rebellious and angry – and sometimes just a little scared. He is a magnificent 20-month-old German Shepherd/Husky/Malamute mix. He is a strong dog both physically and mentally. Doing his best to have his dog under control, the young male owner has been Read more…
Max is four years old and for the first two years of his life he was the most important thing in his owners’ lives. He had three long walks a day and they took him everywhere with them. Then they had their little girl and now a four-month-old baby. They Read more…