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…)
Excitable Dalmatian Milo can get from zero to a hundred in a second!! He barks persistently at people coming into the house- though didn’t at me. I’m calm and the lady and her adult son were asked to ignore him initially. Nobody was stirring him up. It was in the Read more…
A care home dog? Pip is just that. He doesn’t have an ‘owner’ as such but he belongs to the home. His own care is shared by several members of staff. Little dog takes the lift The eight-month-old Cavapoo is absolutely gorgeous; He is hilarious also. When he feels like Read more…
Unpredictable aggression? Unpredictable only because they can’t see inside Banjo’s head. If they could, and if stress was visible, they might see a little pressure cooker in there; they would see how over the past five months or so things have simply become too much for him. Unpredictable also because Read more…
Lurcher Rufus is a wonderful dog whose only problems are as a result of over-arousal. He then redirects frustration, using his teeth. The two-year-old had been picked up, abandoned, eight months ago and has settled into his new life beautifully. A lovely, friendly dog, he’s confident and curious. Rufus can get very excited Read more…
I came to help with Honey’s rough, uncontrolled behaviour but it soon became apparent that their other dog, 8-year-old Bonnie, was one of the main triggers. Both are Cocker Spaniels. Honey is already large for a Cocker and still only nine months old. Rough and uncontrolled when aroused. Honey is Read more…
Can we love our dog too much? We humans are demonstrative with our love in a very different way to dogs, aren’t we. We want to cuddle, touch, stroke, roughhouse, pet – even kiss them. Feeling guilty at having left them home alone, we may get them really stirred up Read more…
Much of Blue’s early life was spent in a crate after he and his brother began to fight. He was rehomed. Next he was in another bad situation before being taken in by a rescue and fostered by someone with fifteen dogs. Now introduced to a steady home life, it’s little wonder Blue is lacking impulse control. It Read more…
An excited young dog. After the last four cases, here was a dog who was really pleased to see me! Beautiful friendly, bouncy, happy and playful Bodie was found by the roadside in November. Since then he has been in kennels and now, for the past week, he’s been in his Read more…
The young lady came back from overseas just a couple of weeks ago with her two wonderful dogs. She is seven months pregnant. They are now settling in their new home. I will give you a little of her story which I find quite moving. Back in Greece they had Read more…