Woody and the lady would both be happier if he was more independent. He is a 7-month-old Working Cocker Spaniel, born into lockdown with the lady working from home. In my ‘early-days’ puppy parenting sessions, I suggest people build into their day regular very short separations to help their puppy Read more…
The Beagle can’t be left all alone. When they adopted Libby a couple of weeks ago, they had no clue they wouldn’t be able to go out to work and happily leave her. She had previously been fostered out by the rescue – to a home with several dogs. Her Read more…
As a puppy Cockerpoo Monty would settle well in his crate at night. Gradually he has become more and more unsettled until now, at three years old, his owners have every night interrupted three or four times by Monty who initially gives a bark as though to say ‘did anyone Read more…
Dalmatian Merlin lost his soul mate, a female goldie, a couple of months ago. The two dogs had been inseparable for eleven years of Merlin’s life. Without his friend, Merlin’s confidence has dipped – particularly on walks. After a lot of research and reading in order to do things right, Read more…
The young couple, with their dog, are caught up in a downward spiral of manic behaviour, destruction, scolding and nearly tearing their hair out. The young lady is reduced to tears. They have a well-behaved but slightly odd Staffie called Saxon, 5, and Border Collie/Staffie Mix, Lola – a one-year-old Read more…
Butter wouldn’t melt! I didn’t take this beautiful photo – at no stage were the little dogs either still or quiet enough. Blaze and Rolo, three-year-old Miniature Daschund brothers, are very excitable and extreme barkers. In order to get them to stop even briefly when people visit they have had Read more…
He was found as a 6 week old puppy on a motorway in Miami with a tight rope around his neck. Spookiness probably has a genetic component. In the circumstances it seems likely that four year old mix breed Travis was born of fearful parents and his spookiness could have Read more…
Sophie is a 7-year-old Springer Spaniel. She is stressed and hyperactive for much of the time, panting, pacing and crying. This can continue for hours and she only really settles within the confines and restrictions of her crate. It can be very tiring for her family. Sophie is also friendly Read more…
During the whole time that I was there, poor little two year old Cairn Terrier Charlie never settled. First of all, my arrival stirred him up. He did a lot of jumping up. Then he started looking for shadows and reflections and was obessively chasing them barking and growling at Read more…
Reggie is seven months old, but to look at him you would never think he was little more than a puppy. He has been hard work from when he arrived at eight weeks old. He is one of the most frantically hyped-up and restless dogs I have seen for a Read more…