Why was Ember beginning to guard and goad the other dog? Ember is six months old. The now adolescent Ember lives with a couple, their two children and the beautiful and easy-going Siberian Husky, Runa. The two dogs play together and they sleep together. Guarding behaviour What concerns the couple Read more
Why do friendly dogs keep jumping up when we’re constantly trying to stop them? Yesterday I visited a young couple with three dogs. All three were rescued from Bosnia and have come here from Italy where the couple used to live. One had been dumped from a car and the Read more
What happens when a sociable working dog is left alone for most of the day? Bred to do a job Nowadays too many dogs are effectively square pegs in round holes. When I was young (years and years ago) many women didn’t work. Dogs weren’t left alone for long. There Read more
Orca is a three-year-old Husky who has been living with her new family for three months now. She is proving to be a wonderful, loving and gentle addition to the family and has helped their 8-year-old daughter to get over a previous bad experience with a dog. The gentleman frequently Read more
Fighting. Until a short time ago, Rocky, a large four-year-old Ridgeback-Mastiff cross lived with just his lady owner in a very small house. One room up and one down. Now her friend has moved in with her two beautiful Siberian Huskies, female Dita, 2 and Male Esk, 3. Previously each Read more
Like so many of the dogs I go to, his start in life was far from ideal. From the time he left his mother and litter mates at 8 weeks old and until he was four months old, he was shut in a room all alone for hours on end, before being returned to the breeder.