The lady has a 12-year-old black Labrador, Ginny. Her son, who doesn’t live with her, recently got himself a boisterous black Labrador puppy. Bobby is now a very large five months old.
The lady has a quiet life with elderly Ginny – that is until the son drops boisterous Bobby off! This may happen a couple of times a week.
As soon as he arrives there is bedlam. (more…)
It’s as if Willow, the over-excited one-year-old Wirehaired Vizsla, is driven by rocket fuel!
All their efforts are understandably around trying to stop Willow jumping up at people, flying all over them, grabbing feet and so on. (more…)
Winnie is so cute. She is soft and fluffy. She is also NOISY! The adorable Cockerpoo is now eighteen months old and she has something to say about everything. We get people like that don’t we, who just don’t know when to stop talking! She is on high alert much of the time Read more…
This is the start of my Puppy Parenting journey… …with the delightful Richie, a Goldendoodle puppy now age 14 weeks. I usually like to start as soon as the puppy arrives in his new home but often, as in the case of Richie, people put in fantastic work with the Read more…
Too excited, arousal and raised stress levels. Some dogs and certain breeds of dogs, as we all know, are a lot more prone to being too excited than others (with many exceptions of course). I went to the sweetest pair of Jack Russells yesterday – I’ll call them Jack and Jill. Jill Read more…
Butter wouldn’t melt! I didn’t take this beautiful photo – at no stage were the little dogs either still or quiet enough. Blaze and Rolo, three-year-old Miniature Daschund brothers, are very excitable and extreme barkers. In order to get them to stop even briefly when people visit they have had Read more…
Ollie just kept on going! Pacing, rushing about, panting, drinking, wanting to go out, clamouring for attention, chewing……. Being excitable may be an emotion and part of a dog’s personality – but it can be a learnt behaviour too when it’s constantly reinforced. Dogs very often mirror their humans. Calm Read more…
Who could fail to love Riley! He can be rather too much though! He’s a one year old Parsons Russell Terrier; he flies all over people and is extremely excitable. Stimulating an already over-stiimulated dog like this with even more exercise and play can backfire. It all depends upon the Read more…
What a character Labradoodle Poppy is! Here she is chewing something in our attempt to keep her calm (it didn’t last for long). A very excited adolescent Poppy is a sixteen months old adolescent and she has a wonderful temperament. She is a very stable dog in the main with Read more…
Goldie Fynn is one year old. He is boisterous and confident. He lives with three-year-old black Labrador, Alfie. His exuberance has been causing problems. A few weeks ago he bowled his lady owner over and she broke her ankle, so the gentleman has a lot to do just now. Fynn Read more…