Could traditional dog training classes sometimes make reactivity worse instead of better? This photo doesn’t do justice to beautiful 15-month-old Border Collie Barney. Barney was re-homed by my lady client just two months ago and is becoming increasingly reactive to other dogs when out. When they first had him he Read more
Why does Maddie redirect onto Misty when she becomes stressed and over-excited? Over the months so much stress has built up between these two 9-year-old dogs that one redirects onto the other. Staffie Maddie is almost impossibly noisy, pushy, barking and jumping up when the lady owner has guests – Read more
Over the months they have tried scolding, punishment, encouraging him, spraying him with a pet ‘Corrector’, taking his food away, not taking his food away – basically everything that well-meaning friends and family, the dog trainer they go to or the Internet tells them to do.