A short story about two nine-month-old Labrador sisters. They are bouncy, enthusiastic and friendly, perfect given their breed and their age.
The main problems are jumping up at people and pulling on lead. Walks are causing the gentleman considerable stress. For reasons not relevant here, he only took over walking them a week or so ago. (more…)
Sasha finds the outside world overstimulating.
A street dog by birth, eighteen-month-old Sasha has adapted amazingly well to life in a house. This is a tribute to both her basic temperament and to her new family’s own efforts.
She started life on the streets in India. They think she has Pointer in her. I see possibly Labrador and German Shepherd. A beautiful mix, she doesn’t look like the typical street dog.
At five months old, along with her brother, she was caught and placed in a pound where she stayed for another seven months until the couple adopted her six months ago. (more…)
Beautiful Golden Retriever, Monty, really is the perfect family pet despite having a sad start to life. He’s now five. My visit was triggered by his attacking another dog on a walk a short while ago. It was so uncharacteristic that, from hearing all the circumstances before and during the Read more…
Fear of harness is overshadowing his otherwise perfect life. Little Reggie is a delightful, friendly little Border Terrier, ten months of age. He has a lovely life in every way bar one. In order to go out for walks he has to have his harness and lead put on. As soon as Read more…
She jumps up and she mouths. Golden Retriever Tilly, at ten months old, has had a good eight months honing her jumping up skills! She grabs clothes too when really aroused. She was a challenging puppy from the start and they have come a long way with her. Stopping her Read more…
They would like their two dogs to be more cooperative, to be less demanding for attention and for English Bulldog Winston, age 3, to stop toileting in the kitchen at night time. Winston is stubborn Or so they feel. For the purpose of my story I will concentrate on Winston Read more…
Enjoyable walks with Izzy can be better if she’s calmer before leaving Izzy, a stunning 14-month Old English Sheepdog, is extremely friendly, very bouncy and perhaps a little overwhelmed by the all the attention she gets. When I arrived she came to the door and gave one Woof. Thinking she may have been uneasy Read more…
The importance of consistency. I sat with the family – parents with late-teens son and daughter – and their dear little Tibetan Terrier, Archie. My first question was, as always, ‘What would you like to achieve from my help?’ The answer was for Archie to be more relaxed around other dogs Read more…
The vet said ‘bring her in tomorrow at 11am to be put down’. Condemned to death solely based on the behaviour in the vet’s room of a terrified dog who hates being touched by strangers. She was so frantic she managed to tear off the muzzle. I was initially a little wary of Read more…
Yesterday I went to two beautiful young dogs. Wilson is a three-year-old Flatcoat-German Shepherd mix and Springer-Labrador Cooper is twenty months of age. They get on great with one another. They live near open spaces and until recently the dogs ran free, seldom on lead. Circumstances have changed for their Read more…