When Patch is ‘on duty’, if he’s sufficiently aroused, scared or worried, the natural escalation from barking is to nip. The barking says Go Away. They don’t go, so he nips them. That does the trick. Now they back off.
He barks at people coming into his home. He loves people when he’s out. Border Collie Bud is friendly and relaxed with everyone when out of the house. He likes to say hello. At home he is a different dog. When someone he doesn’t know comes to the door he barks and gets very Read more
he has been doing this window-watching for much of his life. He goes mental when the postman comes up the path and will wreck the post if he gets to it. Rehearsing this behaviour constantly at home, it is little wonder that he continues to react like this to people and dogs in other places.
Unfortunately Max, on guard duty, has recently bitten several people including two young children and two postmen. Max, age two, was found as a stray and they understandably absolutely adore their little dog. Guard duty A few months ago they moved house to a busier street, and now Max is Read more
Bert was then on top of him giving him grief. The man then knelt down and stroked him on the head which, with Bert all over him, would have been the last thing he wanted. His warnings to Bert (and possibly the man too) went unheeded and nobody helped him out, so it quickly escalated.
Since Zac died he has taken on on guard duty, with a lot of barking at passing people and noises. The family fear that, as her role model, he will soon start to influence Maisie’s behaviour also.
This is Becky, a four-year-old Jack Russell. She is a superb little dog – very biddable – perhaps a little spoilt! Becky is, however, easily stressed. This was evident by her excessive nose-licking. Her family hadn’t realised that this was a sign of anxiety – of Becky trying to calm Read more
Honey will suddenly just go for Millie. Sometimes she gives ‘that look’ first, sometimes it seems to happen out of the blue.
Benny is a four-year-old Corgi. He lives in what one might imagine to be a dog paradise. He is free to go wherever he likes in a very large country house. He has a caring family and the company of two other dogs. Signs that he’s stressed and on alert Read more