In the reality TV game show ‘I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here’ a young woman is locked in a tank of snakes. She is terrified of snakes. A man who’s not a good swimmer is shut in a dark tunnel leading to a deep tank with scary water Read more…
They would like their two dogs to be more cooperative, to be less demanding for attention and for English Bulldog Winston, age 3, to stop toileting in the kitchen at night time. Winston is stubborn Or so they feel. For the purpose of my story I will concentrate on Winston Read more…
I met Willow a couple of years ago when she was nine months old. The original problems I helped with have all but disappeared but they have relaxed a bit as people do. Here is the situation back then. Two days ago I met her again. She is a much calmer dog now but Read more…
Settling in somewhere so different can be overwhelming. Poor Peggy. She had only been in her loving new home for a few weeks when her behaviour began to change. This coincided with her sickening for a serious illness which they didn’t realise at the time. Having had her for such a short while they would not know Read more…
They picked up their nine-week-old Border Terrier puppy yesterday. As part of our puppy parenting plan we had already discussed on the phone where Monty would sleep on his first night and what they would do if he was distressed by being alone. I don’t believe in a puppy ‘crying it out’. Each puppy Read more…
Giving a fearful dog choice Joey, the four-year-old Collie Labrador mix, came over from Ireland at a year old. Isn’t he gorgeous. Over the past three years his family has done great things with him. A lot of the general day to day stuff I usually recommend they do already. He is very Read more…