Bonnie, a six-year-old Labrador, had developed a strong reluctance to get into the lady’s car. While she would happily jump into the cars belonging to the man or daughter in the household, she outright refused to get into the lady’s car.
Kara is a generally jumpy dog, ready to react to any sudden noise or appearance. While we can work on children specifically and traffic, this will be a lot more successful if we can improve her general nervous state.
The beeping, to Indy, will have been the precursor to a shock. It will have seemed random to him. He won’t have connected it to whatever he was doing at the time.
With no human company Jemima panics.
Jemima panics when there is no human at home with her. Leaving her with the three other dogs doesn’t do the trick. She is very distressed.
Why was Jake reacting so strongly to sudden sounds and fireworks? They have had Jake since he was a puppy. He’s now four years old. The couple have theories about why he’s quite so noise sensitive. As a puppy a closed crate crashed down beside him and sent him Read more
Why was Tilly beginning to growl at the children? Tilly, a 16-month-old Labrador, lives in a family with three children age 5, 10 and 13. Their dilemma is whether Tilly is the right dog for their family, and whether they are the right people for their well-loved dog. They ‘got Read more
When play fighting escalates between a puppy and an older dog, how can it be redirected before it becomes a habit – or something more serious? The play fighting immediately gets out of hand. Four month old Labrador puppy Harvey ‘attacks’ Bertie. Bertie, age ten, doesn’t get cross. He joins Read more
(Online consultation) When a sociable dog suddenly begins barking and pulling at other dogs, could pain, stress or rehearsal of the behaviour be behind the change? Here is Mia’s story. Mia is a Golden Labrador, age 5. Over the past few weeks her behaviour towards some other dogs has changed Read more
Instead of correcting him and constantly trying to train him out of it, they will now show him what they do want him to do when he sees a person or a dog. This will empower him and themselves.
Both dogs pull badly on lead. They jump up at people and leap at other dogs.