What is causing Jack to become so unsettled that he pees indoors, growls and compulsively licks himself? Little Jack is ten years old and lives with Jill who is also ten. They are both very good little dogs as far as obedience is concerned, but both, Jack in particular, is Read more
This escalated until one evening she bit the gentleman.
Soon she was stealing things – usually personal items like underwear and slippers. She nicks them them and takes them into her bed and guards them
The puppies were upstairs in a bedroom. The family did not meet the mother dog. It’s obvious the puppies had little or no socialisation or encounters with everyday things, people or dogs outside that environment. Inadequate exposure to everyday life before eight weeks of age can contribute to a dog being temperamentally fragile.
One dog will deliberately stand in a doorway – usually Peaches. Chelsea won’t have this so she too has to stand in the doorway. It’s now a stand-off about ownership of the doorway. This can only end one of two ways. Either Peaches will back down and move away, or there is a fight.
Whether it’s a fight or not depends upon how aroused the dogs are.
Ellie does quite a lot of growling, especially when one of the other dogs walks towards the lady (to whom Ellie will be as near as possible and who will probably be touching and tickling her). All growling is a warning of sorts unless in boisterous play (and I wouldn’t encourage that either), and should be taken seriously.
Why does Henry seem friendly one moment and then suddenly bite? Henry is a confused fifteen-month-old Shar Pei. He has been loved and indulged by everyone in the family, but recently has become increasingly snappy and unpredictable. The problem seems to have come to a head when his family moved Read more
Tommy is so cute. He is an 18-month old Papillon who has lived with his new owners for a couple of months now. He had rather a strange start in life and was very thin and very stressed when they picked him up. He has put on a kilogram and Read more
Why is Kaloo becoming increasingly aggressive towards the family? It is a difficult situation for Kaloo, a Newfoundland. Until recently he lived with another Newfie and their male owner. Recently they moved in with a lady who has two Springer Spaniels and two children, so two ‘packs’ are merging. Adjusting Read more
They are going to tone down the ‘controlling’ of Monty and keep commands to the minimum – try to cut out the word NO as far as they can. They will find other ways, positive ways, to get Monty to cooperate and to work things out for himself.
Can reducing stress and confrontation really transform a difficult young dog? Today I visited Baxter again – the delinquent young Rottweiler I wrote about a few days ago. I must confess I was feeling a little apprehensive on the way there, knowing what a big undertaking this is going to be Read more