I was a little wary when I arrived because I knew that sometimes Border Collie Patch nips people he doesn’t know.
When they walk in the gate he barks loudly. When that doesn’t work, he goes round behind them and nips their legs. (more…)
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…
Ralph barks at people and dogs going past his house, spending most of the day sitting on the back of the sofa by the window on lookout duty. They have deliberately left a gap in their hedge at the back of the garden which overlooks the park, so he can Read more…
Unfortunately Max 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. A few months ago they moved house to a busier street, and now Max is doing a lot more barking. Read more…
I went to Rottie Jake and 11-week-old Bert yesterday. Jake is a very mellow character who, despite being given the free run of many unfenced acres day and night and is a formidable guard dog, encouraged to chase visiting cars down the track as they leave, is also a gentle Read more…
Two days ago I visited Ollie, a black Labrador, who is three years old. From the moment he went to live with his family as a puppy he attached himself to their older Labrador, Zac, in preference to the humans. Zac was a confident dog and Ollie was very reliant Read more…
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 and Millie are both six years old. They were brought home on the same day, but they are not sisters. Millie came from a good breeder and nice home environment, whereas Honey missed out on some vital early input from siblings and mother, and had to be hand reared. Read more…
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. Watching the continual lip-licking, the yawning and Read more…