Winnie is a big barker. She probably thinks barking is her job. They adopted her six months ago. She’s is mix of Dachshund and, probably, Jack Russell. The first three and a half years of her life she lived with travellers. She would have been an excellent warning system. They Read more…
They had Dachshund Jack Russell mix Minni first. About six months later Jack Russell Mabel joined them. Minni is three, Mabel two-and-a-half. The conflict leading to fights began with the usual eyeballing, growling, competition and probably jealousy. They started growling at each other on the bed, so now they have Read more…
They worry that it’s their fault that their dog bites them.
I’m sure it’s largely genetic. Some dogs resort to biting a lot more readily than others. Some dogs will put up with anything and not bite.
The family has had eighteen-month-old Rough Haired Dachshund Toto since she was eight weeks old. Like many people, they have had dogs before, treated them in the same loving way, but never had this problem. I myself can look back at past dogs of mine and wish I had known then what I know now.
She showed no signs of aggression as a young puppy. If they had predicted how dog bites were going to develop, they would have reacted differently from the very first time it happened, when at about a year old Toto stole a shoe – had they realised there was another way.
Like so many people would do, they chased and cornered her in order to retrieve the item. She will have felt both aroused and scared. She growled and then snapped. The behaviour then escalated quickly.
(more…)Poo and peeing indoors.
Invariably during the night, alone downstairs in the kitchen, Meg has diarrhoea. When she is left alone during the day she is likely to do the same.
The challenge here is in separating facts from assumptions.
Meg is a twelve-year-old Dachshund – the longest sausage I have seen! She and her sibling Mini came to live with the couple at eight weeks old and had never been apart. (more…)
His young lady owner refers to him as antisocial – towards other dogs in particular.
Gunther is yet another young dog that has lacked the right kind of early socialisation or sufficient habituation. He should have encountered a variety of people, other dogs and been exposed to life in general during the second, third and fourth months of his life – before he came. It’s little wonder he’s antisocial at times.
The 8-month-old Dachshund I met wanted to be friendly but he’s torn between friendliness and fearfulness. He barked at me for a while before, quite suddenly, becoming my best friend. (more…)
I wonder who would ever say that a dog bite could have been a good thing! This time it may have been so. The elderly couple have had two-year-old Millie for just a couple of weeks. They wanted company for Wirehaired Pip, age four; the two dogs get on famously. Read more…
The Miniature Wirehaired Dachshund charged about barking, agitated whilst at the same time ecstatic to see me. He flew all over me. It was relentless. At my request we were all doing our best to ignore it. I continually turned away and tipped him off. I then asked the lady to Read more…
Hector, the little wire haired miniature dachshund, is absolutely adorable. His young lady has made every effort to do the very best for him from the start, but at about seven months old he began the barking at people. Once he starts his barking at people he’s unstoppable. Barking at people who come to Read more…
We could hardly speak and I had hoped we would be able to sit it out, but after about ten minutes they were still standing close in front of me as I sat on the pouffe – barking, barking, barking at me.
Little Long-Haired Dachshund Rodney goes into a state of panic when he’s left alone even for a couple of minutes. Many people have seen the excellent Channel 4 programme proving just how many more dogs suffer when left alone than we realise. Separation distress can be a dreadful thing for Read more…