Dear little Buddy is an eleven-year-old Jack Russell Llasa Apso cross. They have had him for the past 8 years. His is another case where they had not prepared the dog for the new baby and they are really struggling now. They have tried to introduce Buddy to the new Read more
My last visit was to an older dog being introduced to a new puppy. Today it was another older dog and a tiny new baby. Rottie Koda is a very fit 8-year-old and the new baby is under 6lbs in weight. You can see from the panting the stressed state Read more
They are expecting a baby in six weeks’ time, and have left it a little late to do something about highly stressed little 8-month-old Chihuahua Twinkle. He flies all over the place and it is impossible to check him. He may grab hair and nip. Exuberant and happy or stressed Read more
We need a plan for integrating Border Terrier Ollie happily back into a new family life. Life now includes a new baby who cries, grunts, smells interesting, that is carried and who is cuddled and kissed – like Ollie himself used to be. I originally visited Ollie over four years Read more
It they always keep the little boy away from Matty he will never learn that he’s harmless. In the same way that they have patiently socialised Matty by habituating him to real life, traffic, the town and so on, they need to do the same thing with the child. Of course making sure the environment is completely safe for both of them – in the same room but unable to actually make contact.