Beeping. I have been to something similar before. The cause had been previous use of an electric shock collar. Panics at beeping sounds. Golden Labrador Indy panics at beeping sounds and sounds of a certain similar frequency. A notification on a mobile phone at home sends him rushing upstairs to Read more…
Poor Boris looked uneasy all the time. His family, unable to read his subtle signals just hadn’t realised how his uneasiness went a lot further than the problem I was there for – his fear of going near particular pieces of furniture and on certain routes through the house. When they first adopted Read more…
She jumps up and she mouths. Golden Retriever Tilly, at ten months old, has had a good eight months honing her jumping up skills! She grabs clothes too when really aroused. She was a challenging puppy from the start and they have come a long way with her. Stopping her Read more…
It was interesting asking each member of the family their reasons for getting her. The grandmother said to sit on her lap, the grandfather said to replace the old dog that recently died, the mother said for affection, the son said to play with and the father said he never wanted a dog.
Just imagine seeing this tiny dog out on a walk, pulling on a short lead, being constantly corrected, and wearing a muzzle along with an electric collar.
The most shocking thing is that the lady, in her very best efforts to give her Battersea dog a good life, has had three people in to help her with her lovely dog. One gave her a prong collar and the other an electric collar. I’m relieved that she never used the e-collar, but just imagine the prongs of the other collar on a skinny Greyhound neck.
The way to reverse a particular behaviour is to get to the cause of it and deal with that, not to inflict pain or fear.
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Red SetterIt was quite exhausting being with poor Archie, a three year old Red Setter.
It took an hour for him to settle down – briefly – before he was on the go again, catching imaginary flies and lick lick licking the sofa.
Toileting indoors is also part of the picture. Energy rushes where he tears all over the place, over the sofas and dangerously near to knocking over their toddler.