Can a force-driven young Rottweiler learn self-control without confrontation? Diesel is a 16 months old Rottie and onto his third home already. His new owners have had him for just five days and are determined to turn his life around. Force and dominance It is evident that people previously have Read more
Why does over-excitement lead to jumping, stealing and humping behaviours? Another case of a dog that simply gets too excited. Louis is a Labradoodle, age twenty months. Here is a summary of the problems: Louis gets too excited when people come to the house. He goes crazy at the doorbell Read more
When a friendly young dog tips into over-excitement at the smallest trigger, is the answer to stop the excitement — or to deliberately teach calm instead? Ozzy is 22 months old. He has a wonderful nature for a family pet and is friendly to people and dogs. There is one Read more
When a friendly young dog jumps, pulls and loses control around people, is training the answer — or teaching her how to be calm? Extreme excitement drives all 6-month-old Golden Retriever Ellie’s unwanted behaviours. When a friendly young dog jumps, pulls and loses control around people, is training the answer Read more
Why does their new dog become wildly excited, barking and prancing when he sees the family cats?
Their new dog intimidates their cats.
The young couple fetched the young Leonberger a week ago. Where he came from was questionable. He was a mess. Now, after baths and a session with a groomer, he is shorter-haired but stunning.
Jack’s past is a mystery to me. He’s friendly with people, he walks okay on lead and he travels well. It’s hard to believe that sometime further back in the one-year-old’s past someone’s not cherished him. (more…)
Why can constantly saying ‘No’ make an excited young dog even more confused and out of control? NO NO isn’t conveying to Buster what they do want of him No No is a sure route to making an already confused dog even more bewildered – and frustrated too. They picked up Read more
The dog thought I was leaving. She changed in a flash into a snarling, barking, biting dervish.
How do you teach a lively little dog not to jump all over people without changing her joyful personality? Stay on the floor? Why? How? Twiglet, is Twiglet! Twiglet bounces like Zebedee from the Magic Roundabout (for anyone old enough to remember). They don’t want to stop their little Border/Lakeland Read more
What can you do when a much-loved young dog is simply too strong and excitable for their owner to walk safely? The old lady’s friend says, ‘You are 85. She’s not the right dog for you. You shouldn’t have got her’. This understandably upsets her. She loves her young dog Read more
What happens when a young rescue dog who has never lived in a house suddenly has to cope with an entirely new world?
Five weeks ago, after a long journey from Cyprus, Bella arrived.
After a couple of days in her new life of being careful and quiet, Bella erupted into highly-charged activity.
The one-year-old has lived with her siblings from a very young age in a free-for-all dog compound. Everything she has learnt has been from other dogs. The organisation does a wonderful job, but there will inevitably have been constant stimulation.