Walks, walking and other dogs
Hunting is in her Genes
The more Coco gets the taste for running, hunting, after anything from an animal to a motorbike, the more she does it.
Aggression
Adolescent Working Dog Without a Job
What happens when a young working-bred dog has lots of energy but no real job to do? Young working dog without a job. I have just met Sam who is seven months of age. Sam is so very like my own Working Cocker Spaniel, Pickle. I have had over five years Read more
barking
Rescue Street Dogs Were Wary of People Visiting Their Home
Why are some rescue dogs friendly once they know you, but so wary of people entering their home? The two stunning dogs of mixed breed, Basil and Rosie, recently came back to the UK with the couple who adopted them in Hong Kong. They had been picked up as strays Read more
Behaviour and Training
A Wirehaired Vizsla, a Weimaraner and Recall
What a wonderful looking pair. There are a few minor issues to fix, but the main aims of my visit are to control Weimaraner Lulu’s territorial barking and hunting – for her to have reliable recall. Reliable recall and prey drive At present the dogs run freely off lead a Read more
arousal, excitement
Change of Personality Outside
Previously Cleo had been a stray. Clearly she had to find her own food by hunting and scavenging and she became self-sufficient. She has a strong prey drive. As a stray she could go where she liked, she could chase what she liked and she could stop to rest when she liked. She had to look out for trouble in order to protect herself.
Behaviour and Training
Black Labrador Bramble
I have just been to see a Bramble, a black Labrador – very much like my own Monty the Mont. A dog being a dog On the whole, Bramble is very well behaved, though in some respect just the very fact he a dog being a dog is causing a Read more
physical
Black Labrador looks like a ghost
I met Ozzy today, a beautiful one year old black Labrador of gun dog pedigree. When I used my flash. Ozzy looks like a ghost! Humans get “red-eye” from the reflection off of our blood vessels in the retina. Dogs have a reflective layer of cells at the back of Read more