Lhasa Yorkie mix Bella has lived in the house with the lady for most of her eleven years. A short while ago the gentleman moved in – with Sophie. She is also 11 and is a Yorkie Jack Russell mix. All went well for the first couple of weeks but Read more…
Boris, Betsy and Buster
All three Boxers have a wonderful life, with lots of freedom and lots of love. They have old boy Buster, 11 and entire. There is Boris aged 2 and they have six-year-old Betsy – in the middle. they had Boris castrated a month ago. (I didn’t take the photo as Boris never sat still enough while I was there).
The problems between the two boys have been growing over the past two years. Boris goes for Buster. Nearly always this is in times of arousal or excitement.
The most recent attack seemed to come out of nowhere. (more…)
Great Dane Blue and Boxer Sebastian lived happily together with their owners. Both dogs have their own traits – Blue is a bit needy probably due to health issues when he was a puppy, and Sebastian is very exuberant. Then, about a year ago, they added Harry, a St.Bernard, to Read more…
Eyeballing from one dog; looking away, whale-eye, lip curling and growling from the other. The hostility between the two Springer Spaniel bitches seems to have suddenly started about three weeks ago. It’s hard to see where the tension, eyeballing and snarling between the two dogs has come from. It seemed to be out of Read more…
“If we punish her she should learn not to do it again”. A few weeks ago nine-month-old Dandie Dinmont for the first time went for the older, gentle Cocker Spaniel, Mimi (12). She grabbed her ear and wouldn’t let go. Mimi was screaming. Pandemonium followed. The lady yelled at the dogs. She tried to pull the two Read more…
Their aims: for both their Cockerpoos to be calmer. I pushed in past the two barking dogs. Both young Cockerpoos were so worked up I felt one or both weren’t far short of biting me but instead, black Harry redirected his anger, fear or frustration onto young golden Eddie and Read more…
Nothing is more important on a walk than for a dog than to feel safe. A few months ago the young Staffie Boxer mix was attacked by another dog. She was sitting beside the gentleman minding her own business, and off-lead dogs ran up to them. It ended in a Read more…
Shar-pei Yoko had been in her new home for one day when she received a bad injury to her face from Malamute Alaska, requiring many stitches. But it wasn’t a fight as such. What a sad situation. It had started so well. Both dogs had been walked together several times Read more…
Both little dogs got on beautifully until Coco matured and then the conflict started – with a fight over a chew. Things escalated until tiny Mia was badly injured. They are now enemies. Now the dogs have to be kept apart. Tiny miniature Yorkie Mia, left, is now 6. When Read more…
It took me a while to tell these two beautiful little dogs apart, but they are very different really. Milo is more nervous but more bossy, and Merlin is more confident but the bigger barker. Milo loves to be cuddled, but Merlin may grumble if touched or moved against his Read more…