An excited young dog. After the last four cases, here was a dog who was really pleased to see me! Beautiful friendly, bouncy, happy and playful Bodie was found by the roadside in November. Since then he has been in kennels and now, for the past week, he’s been in his Read more…
When Johnny sees the cat he is transfixed – they call it trance-like. Although the ultimate aim is for dog and cat to live happily together – the cat is confident and placid fortunately – there is a lot of groundwork to do first. The matter can’t simply be approached Read more…
Both Holly on the right and Berry on the left came to live with my clients early last year. Both dogs are between two and three years old. Berry is yet another Border Collie picked up as a stray in Ireland. Collie cross Holly, right, started life on the streets Read more…
They have had four-year-old Ben for about three weeks now and he is settling in quite well, though as time goes by he is becoming increasingly reactive to anyone coming in the front door. He stops barking when he sees the person is family – apart from the son, age Read more…
These three things – pulling on lead, being reactive to other dogs and unreliable recall usually all go together. One seldom sees a dog that is walking calmly on a slack lead who is also on the alert for other dogs. A calm dog would have a certain relationship with Read more…