Why is Annie wary of everyday things like a collar, lead and traffic — and how can starting at the very first comfortable step build real confidence? The 5 month old Romanian rescue puppy, Annie, is beginning her new life with the young couple. She has been with them for Read more
Why do young puppies chase feet and grab clothes when people walk around the house? An emergency visit to another biting puppy! The young couple have had eight-week-old Springer Spaniel puppy for just four days. His flying at them and grabbing legs and clothes as they walk about has reached Read more
Why would two young dogs react with frantic barking to almost everything in daily life? I walked in the door to be met with frantic barking. Brave Luna, with frantic barking, came right up to me. Her sister backed her up but with less enthusiasm. Luna and Bear are same-sex Read more
In addition to being left alone, Jasper panics in busy places. Lots of things including the ironing board, the steam hissing from the iron and the vacuum cleaner terrify him. New people scare him.
I’m pretty sure that at the root of Luna’s problems is not having left the gun dog breeder until she was twelve weeks old. There will have been no early habituation or socialisation. She won’t have been taken out anywhere to meet a variety of people nor introduced to the outside world while still young enough to take it in her stride.
Why would a friendly Labradoodle become over-excited and hard to control whenever he sees people or other dogs? Dylan is an enthusiastic, friendly young dog if a little over-excited. He is beautiful. Someone coming to house is a very exciting thing for the young sixteen-month-old Labradoodle. When I arrived the Read more
Why would a little rescue dog become frightened of bins, houses, dogs and almost everything outside? Little Odie seems scared of everything when he goes out. He is also frightened of people coming to his house and of sounds he hears coming from outside. He is a sad little dog in Read more
How do you help dogs who have spent their whole lives frightened, confined and deprived of normal life? The lady was, to quote her email, at ‘such a low ebb’ as she described what was happening with her two recently adopted puppy farm dogs. Considering the mental condition of the Read more
What helps a new puppy settle confidently into family life from day one? They picked up their nine-week-old Border Terrier puppy yesterday. As part of our puppy parenting plan we had already discussed on the phone where Monty would sleep on his first night and what they would do if he was distressed Read more
Without this vital habituation from an early age, other dogs were scary enemies and traffic terrifying. The couple have worked hard at getting her used to traffic – but the ‘other dog’ situation gets worse.