barking
Freezing on Walks: Giving a Nervous Dog Freedom of Choice
Their current approach to her freezing on walks clearly isn’t working which, in itself, is a reason for doing things differently. Giving her choice.
Fear
Strangely, Oscar is reluctant to walk beyond their small close
Oscar has been reluctant to walk away from home for most of his life, so it will be a habit too. Just something he does. We need to break it.
Aggression
Snapping When Touched: Allowing Consent to a Young Shih Tzu
Indirectly they have taught Ekko to snap because it’s the only things that work. The result is that they back off or they put him down.
Aggression
They will encourage willing participation
The seven-month-old Cocker Spaniel may growl and snap when they touch her – when physical contact is somehow imposed upon her. She also can snap when they try to take her harness off. It’s like, when they want to remove her harness, she’s guarding it. She became very angry when Read more
Aggression
She may object when they impose touching upon her. She doesn’t want to be touched.
Bailey is one of those dogs who doesn’t much like being touched unless she’s initiated it. Imposing touching upon her. This is usually when they want to make her do something that she doesn’t want to do. They impose touching upon her. They came to me because they need to Read more
Behaviour and Training
The Westie screams. Is it fear? Is it pain?
JoJo the Westie Screams. He is eleven years old. He has lived with the couple for just a few months now. He is a model dog in every respect bar this. Previously he lived in kennels as a stud dog and show dog. He’s never lived as a pet in Read more
Guarding or resource guarding
When Ted resource guards, is it associated with arousal and stress?
Ted picks up an item, parades and resource guards it, not because he wants it. I believe he uses the item to have some kind of control. He uses it to entice the lady or the gentleman to get it off him. The young Cocker Spaniel never resource guards an Read more
Aggression
Giving the dog choice. Rebuilding trust.
With her friend feeding Jack through the muzzle, she had managed to get the drops in for a couple of days. Yesterday she was trying to do it by herself.
Jack exploded.
Aggression
Dominance approach undermines relationship
Trevor’s story is all about relationship, the relationship between the three-year-old Cocker Spaniel Beagle mix and the man. All was fine until Trevor began to growl when the man approached the dog when he was in their bed. Their relationship went downhill They then employed a trainer and the relationship Read more
Fear
“I’m a terrified dog. GET ME OUT OF HERE!”
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