Why does Momo become mischievous and over-excited in the evening after being peaceful all day? It is very common for the dog’s arousal levels to build up during the day and peak in the evening What is strange in this case is that Momo is calm all day. She lies Read more
Why is it some adolescent dogs become impossible to live with in the evenings? I fell in love (again)! This time it was with 8-month-old black Labrador Peppa. Her increasingly demanding attention-seeking behaviour was becoming potentially dangerous for their six year old daughter. Behaviour worsens in the evening It tends Read more
Bertie simply isn
‘t accustomed to not being obeyed. One of the main reasons I was called was that he wouldn’t come in from the garden. Why should he? He runs them a merry dance, ducking and diving and hiding under the car while they try to fish him out. Not so funny at midnight in dressing gowns and wanting to go to bed!
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’.