Why would the friendly Labrador puppy become aggressive and wildly over-aroused whenever it’s mealtime? Millie is a gorgeous five-and-a-half month old Labrador of working stock. Apart from some jumping up, she really was the model dog when I was there, biddable and affectionate. She has a lovely family who do Read more
How do you raise two sibling puppies together while preventing toilet training issues, rough play and future behaviour problems? When I go to a family who simply want to bring their puppies up right with my Puppy Parenting programme, I feel truly blessed in my job. Four-month-old brothers Ronnie and Read more
Why would a calm, friendly dog become distressed and bark whenever his owner leaves the house? The lady called me because she wanted her beautiful eight-year-old Golden Retriever, Harvey, to ‘stop barking’ when she goes out. One friend suggested she tried an ultrasonic sound device (he ignores it) and another Read more
The six month old Rottie Husky cross has probably never in his entire life been all alone. If the humans were out there were always other dogs and puppies to snuggle up with and to play with.
n order that I could see how he was with animals on TV, I asked them to turn TV on. Although there were no animals yet, within a couple of minutes he was no longer lying stretched out and relaxed. He was becoming increasingly agitated and beginning to chew himself.
Then he looked at the TV, saw an animal, crouched, growled and then launched himself at it.
He finds one of the most entertaining things is to have them chase after him to retrieve a tissue, a sock or something else he shouldn’t have.
He likes to grab cushions to chew and to drag his bedding about – anything really that gets a reaction!
Poor man. Here was his dog, snuggling up to me and kissing my nose, whereas if he so much as moved on the other end of the sofa she shrank back into the seat