Why does a dog stay over-aroused despite efforts to tire her out? Nina is very easily over-aroused. This is their list of things they said they would like to change when they contacted me: Barking at every sound. Crazy around visitors Barking at new people Struggling to settle Chasing their Read more
Why does Mackie lose control when family arrive at the door? It’s all about the build-up. Cocker Spaniel Mackie is three years old. He is lively, excitable and friendly. The couple have their two adult daughters living nearby. One has a toddler and the other a baby. Their problem is Read more
‘He has no fear, took a sock off my nephews foot and swallowed it. Stealing food from table, walking on dining table, barking at people when out for walks and running up to them. Aggressive /bites when you try and take certain items off of him’.
Some dogs dig holes, some chase tales, some hump, some bark. Many have to chew something as an item in the mouth is self-calming. Jensen is a chewer. If it’s not someone’s hands, it’s the throw on the sofa or his bedding.
When a dog whines, barks and rushes whenever something exciting happens, can teaching calm behaviours work better than simply ignoring the noise? Some dogs, like some people, are more easily excited and more vocal than others! Genetics is involved and in the case of a dog this includes the breed. Read more
Can taking away toys and activities actually make a lively dog more difficult to live with?
In their efforts to get some peace and to calm their one-year-old Border Collie Paddy, they have done the very opposite to what I would do myself.
Like many people do when troubled by their dog, the lovely young couple have cast about, trying all different things. None work.
Misguidedly, they have taken away from him the very things he needs to vent his arousal. He needs much more to do, not less.
Why does a young dog become wildly over-excited around people?
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!!
What happens when a dog is adored by everyone — but has no boundaries? 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 Read more
Is his behaviour unpredictable — or the result of too many changes piling up? 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 Read more