Baxter whines when the lady goes up the stairs. He whines when they are on the phone. He whines and screams in the car. Baxter whines constantly for attention.
How can they stop the whining?
This has several approaches.
Jumping to conclusions If we jump to the wrong conclusions as to what’s behind a behaviour, it stands to reason the behaviour’s unlikely to improve. When the dog does something we want to change – like digging the carpet – we should be dealing with the underlying cause. When the Read more…
Another case of a dog that simply gets too excited. Louis is a Labradoodle, age twenty months. Here is a summary of the problems: Louis gets too excited when people come to the house. He goes crazy at the doorbell and as soon as anyone enters he jumps up for Read more…
Olive and boy Frankie are both two years old. Olive has had a litter with Frankie and they have kept one – girl Pip, four months old. Hyped up This case is all about arousal. The little dogs are constantly hyped up. This can be with wild greetings and rough Read more…
Jester suddenly barks at inanimate objects. Why? Something tips him over. He looks about and he looks up. He spots a burglar alarm box high on the wall of a house or a security camera, a clock, a satellite dish, a street light or even the moon. Jester barks uncontrollably. Read more…
The poor lady has bruises all up her legs. Once Bertie latches onto her she can’t get him off. He occasionally humps one of their young daughters but never the man. He only has to walk into the room for him to stop. Bertie humps the lady. She is Read more…
8-month-old Jensen is a black Cocker Spaniel. From the moment the lady lets him out of his bed in the morning the excitement begins. As the day progress, things the three female members of the family in particular do with him unwittingly, bit by bit, fire him up. Excitement leads Read more…
It is very common for the dog’s arousal levels to build up during the day and peak in the evening What is strange in this case is that Momo is calm all day. She lies around sleeping. Then all her energy and excitement switches on at about 5pm when the Read more…
Nala is a 10-month-old American Bulldog Bull Mastiff mix. She lives with Millie, a Springador age 6. Both dogs are part of a large family – three young adults and two young children from previous relationships who com and go, along with several cats and a kitten. Unfortunately Nala has Read more…
When hyped up and wild, Nellie needs help. She has a need. Putting a lid on it merely makes it erupt somewhere else. They want something acceptable for her to vent her wildness.