An online consultation all the way to New South Wales, Australia. Their Australian Cattle Dog, Holden, had been living as a stray at a truck stop. He narrowly avoided traffic and was probably terrorised by some of the truckers. He was picked up by a ranger at six months of Read more…
It’s a great shame. Hattie was friendly and confident with other dogs until an ‘aggressive’ dog incident that scared her. Then it happened again with another dog. Now Cockerpoo Hattie, depending upon her general arousal levels, may herself bark and growl at a dog. (I have ‘aggressive’ dog in inverted Read more…
Maggie was shipped over from Cyprus with several siblings and then in kennels for a while. The lady has had her for four months now. Maggie’s brothers and sisters are even more fearful than Maggie apparently. In the rescue she refused to come out of her kennel at all. What Read more…
From the street in Romania, to a rescue compound, Billy has now lived in a house for just one week. A new life It’s sounds wonderful, but it isn’t yet all wonderful to Billy who is just five months old. These first formative months did not give him the skills Read more…
The RSPCA rescued Bella with her sister at nine months of age. After a brief stay in rescue kennels they were adopted together. Then a short while later she was re-homed with the young lady and gentleman I’m working with. This is her fourth ‘home’ in her short of life. Read more…
Romanian rescue Violet has been with them since August. Her fearful reactivity to anything or anybody outside the house is increasing. She was found with nine puppies. No doubt she believed that their survival had depended upon her chasing danger away. What causes here fearful reactivity? Nothing in the 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…
They have had Jake since he was a puppy. He’s now four years old. The couple have theories about why he’s quite so noise sensitive. As a puppy a closed crate crashed down beside him and sent him running and hiding. It’s very possible this happened during a fear Read more…
Polly is just three years old and an ex-breeding bitch from Romania who was then abandoned. The Carpathian Shepherd Labrador mix is settling in to very different new life. A huge change From a lonesome cage probably surrounded by other similar bitches in cages, to a rescue compound. Then a Read more…
Worry builds up in the 11-month-old Cockerpoo until he can’t cope. He can be an anxious little dog. Branston is also happy, energetic and friendly when he has nothing to worry about. The usual things make him anxious: being left alone, someone knocking at the door and certain other dogs. Read more…