When a friendly young dog jumps, pulls and loses control around people, is training the answer — or teaching her how to be calm? Extreme excitement drives all 6-month-old Golden Retriever Ellie’s unwanted behaviours. When a friendly young dog jumps, pulls and loses control around people, is training the answer Read more
Before I came I knew that they wanted Harley to be better with people coming to the house and not to go mental when she saw their cats. They find they can’t ask people round.
I love it when people call me at the start. Puppy Parenting is about making sure things go in the right direction. It’s also about pre-empting possible future problems.
Why is simply ignoring unwanted behaviour only a small part of the solution?
‘Good! That’s the behaviour we want!’.
Ignoring unwanted behaviour or actively disengaging when the dog does something we don’t like, is only half the story. Actually, it’s a lot less than half the story. (more…)
Why had Beau become so wild that she was jumping, biting and knocking things flying? Wild behaviour from a dog the size of the adolescent Newfoundland can be scary. When Beau leaped at the kitchen table she knocked the coffee mugs flying! Seven-month-old Beau was chosen from the litter as Read more
Why would a friendly Cocker Spaniel growl or bite when someone approached something he was guarding? There really is something so endearing about a Cocker Spaniel! Cockers haven’t been put on this earth to be ignored. My own Cocker, Pickle, is totally different to Toby in that he’s not a Read more
Hector’s lack of self-control both when people come into the house and the frantic pulling on walks are due to much the same things. Over-arousal and I, believe, some anxiety too. As he now gets no exercise he must have an excess of energy and no outlet for other stresses.
Border Collie Chasing and Attacking Footballs and Geese Jasper is a wonderful Border Collie. He is beautifully suited to life as a house pet in his particularly lovely home environment. They have a big garden with a stream running through it, lots of lawn with rougher areas, two alpacas and Read more
Why does a gentle puppy bark at people as if they’re a threat? As I walk in the door, the puppy barks as he backs away. He barks Go Away to me. It is suggested that taking a puppy from his mother and siblings a bit too early maybe, in Read more
Why would a young Beagle wake six times a night to go outside and then start wrecking things before dawn? Waking in the night – six times. The poor lady is waking in the night up to six times to take Beagle Dexter into the garden. He toilets (poo) most Read more