It took them a while to discover the connection between his extreme fearfulness and bangs. He can rally during hours of darkness when bird-scarers are banned and during those few months that are quiet, but it’s only a temporary reprieve – false security.
Could everyday corrections and ‘time-outs’ be making Banjo more anxious and reactive? What exactly is punishment? This is not the place to get all technical with semantics and the definitions of punishment. It’s enough to say here that it’s anything the dog doesn’t like, done by us, in order to stop Read more
With work he should be able to leave the house calmly, to walk happily and comfortably down the road on a loose lead. They will be careful not to overdue the stimulation that can come from long bouts of play. Sometimes too much exercise can be worse than not enough. It is interesting that he attacked the puppy at the end of a long walk with lots of action, when one would have expected him to be tired and satisfied.
In a calm state of mind Blaze is unlikely to suddenly ‘go’.