Why had Ziggy and Buddy’s fighting suddenly escalated? Common denominators: Food or a chew has been involved. Ziggy may have been on the stairs up ahead of Buddy (they live in a town house with the living room upstairs). Ziggy was already aroused in some way. Buddy has always been Read more
Why did Bella start going for Sophie after the couple moved in together? Lhasa Yorkie mix Bella has lived in the house with the lady for most of her eleven years. A short while ago the gentleman moved in – with Sophie. She is also 11 and is a Yorkie Read more
Why do two dogs that have lived together peacefully suddenly start fighting? The two females have had several minor fallouts over the past year, but during the last few weeks things have escalated with the two dogs fighting in ernest. Three big fights in three days. Blood has been drawn Read more
Why would two young male dogs raised together start competing and fighting as they mature? They got both Harley and Louis as puppies, at about the same time, ten months ago. They are now seeing some of the problems they might encounter with same-sex siblings. The two dogs are, in Read more
When I was there, despite Lenny now sleeping happily in the shed way down the garden, Piggy was all the time growling and guarding the kitchen doorway where perhaps Lenny would appear
Can controlling a dog through dominance make behaviour problems even worse? They said at the rescue, ‘if you can hold him you can take him’. I feared that huge American Bulldog Dads may be a 9-stone time-bomb waiting to go off (but the story has a very happy ending – Read more
Even the parrot shouts ‘WILL YOU ******* SHUT UP’ at the dogs – a clue to the level of stress in this chaotic household!
Can two large male dogs learn to live peacefully together in such a small space? Fighting. Until a short time ago, Rocky, a large four-year-old Ridgeback-Mastiff cross lived with just his lady owner in a very small house. One room up and one down. Now her friend has moved in Read more