Ember is six months old. The now adolescent Ember lives with a couple, their two children and the beautiful and easy-going Siberian Husky, Runa. The two dogs play together and they sleep together. What concerns the couple is adolescent Ember’s growing guarding behaviour towards Runa. She is happy to give Read more…
The couple have fallen out with their neighbours because of their dog’s barking. If Working Cocker Bella hears or sees a neighbour at the fence, she goes mad. She will bark in the house if she hears them. She is constantly on the lookout and the listen-out. They need Bella Read more…
The beautiful year-old Cocker Spaniel is very loving with the lady and the gentleman. However, he charges, barking, when either of their two teenage sons enters the room. The lady is Rocco’s everything He is very demanding of her. She has done most of the training and dog parenting since Read more…
Elvis’ aversion to being touched seems unpredictable and it’s getting worse. It’s being touched only by the young man who has always been loving and kind to him. Elvis seems perfectly happy with other people touching him, including the vet. The man is upset. Bite It came to a climax six Read more…
Two-year-old Luna is a very easy dog to live with. She really is the model dog. And a rare thing – a very quiet Working Cocker Spaniel! But the other day she nipped their nephew who is 2. Her dislike of being touched or cornered by little children started a Read more…
A funny thing happened during this online consultation. We were discussing young Cocker Spaniel Murphy who’s obsesses around the lady’s parents’ cat. His frantic behaviour is restricting visits to them. I have my office upstairs. Due to the hot weather I had a big window open in another room. As Read more…
Freddie has been labelled by a vet as having Cocker Rage. Was Freddie going to end his short life by a vet putting him to sleep? The vet had never actually witnessed one of Freddie’s episodes. ‘Out of the blue’ is how the episodes were described to the vet and Read more…
Nina is too easily over-aroused. This is their list of things they said they would like to change when they contacted me: Barking at every sound. Crazy around visitors Barking at new people Struggling to settle Chasing their cat at bedtime, same scenario every night Seems permanently on high alert Read more…
Everything was fine until a year ago. They had taken their two-year-old Cocker to the vet for boosters. Woody had growled. The vet had taken him out the back. Woody’s not been the same since. He has bitten the man when he lifted him into the car. (They now are Read more…
Usually, when someone has a problem with their dog, it’s a mix of several inter-related issues. This isn’t the case with Danny. Danny, just six months old, is near perfect in my opinion! The lady wants to do her very best by him and there is one area that worries Read more…