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…
Laddie has always been a sensitive dog but he loved going out, he loved his walks and he also was happy to meet people and most other dogs. That has now all changed. It took just one careless firework set off behind their fence in an afternoon to terrify the Read more…
I have brought this story forward as it is very relevant at the moment with the approach of November 5th.
Unexpected fireworks have blighted the lives of so many dogs.
Poor Kenzo. (more…)
.A big bang started it all. Millie is no longer the carefree and happy dog that she was. Already sensitised last November, an unexpected and close firework explosion at New Year when out on a walk did the rest. Now the six-year-old Collie Corgi mix spends most of her time Read more…
To poo indoors once seemed the natural thing for the twelve-year-old Tibetan Terrier. Tipsy was a breeding bitch who had lived in kennels for the first five years of her life. It took them a year to house-train her, but that was now six years ago. Why poo indoors now? Read more…
I had a lovely greeting from Staffie Rio. Too lovely, really, considering he had never met me before. Exaggerated welcomes, particularly with people the dog doesn’t know, may not be pure pleasure but involve some anxiety. Rio went back and forth, wagging his tail and sitting between my legs. He Read more…
Nearly two months ago I visited Poppy, a five-year-old Labrador who seemed constantly haunted by every sound she heard from loud bangs to things we couldn’t even hear ourselves. It probably started with a firework a couple of years ago. Click here for her story. Often Poppy would refuse to Read more…
I could see immediately that Poppy was a very worried dog. After an initial uncertainty she was friendly, if reserved, but throughout the evening it was like she kept hearing sounds that no human could hear. She is constantly ill at ease, looking to hide or escape upstairs. Five-year-old Chocolate Read more…
If Staffie Dudley were a human he would probably be on Valium! A person like Dudley would be on the go non-stop, never stop talking, chewing their nails, demanding attention all the time, unable to listen properly because so preoccupied, jumping into the air and screeching at sudden sounds and Read more…