Polly is aggressive when people leave. I had been sitting on their sofa for a couple of hours and had slowly made friends with her. Then I stood up. The dog thought I was leaving. She changed in a flash into a snarling, barking, biting dervish.[divider type=”white”] There is a Read more…
Wild behaviour from a dog the size of the adolescent Newfoundland can be scary.[divider type=”white”] When Beau leaped at the kitchen table she knocked the coffee mugs flying! Seven-month-old Beau was chosen from the litter as the most bold and pushy puppy. She organised the others, I am told, by Read more…
She’s okay with women but isn’t happy too near small children – or some men.
She welcomed me in a friendly fashion with lots of sniffs and a couple of little jumps but I took little notice of her until I had sat down. Then I gently said hello. She immediately and subtly shrank away a little.
The little Jack Russell Chihuahua mix is probably more nervous generally than they realise. People often find it hard to read the more subtle signs in their dog’s body language.
She had had four homes before she was even four months old. A man was giving away Callie and her tiny siblings in a car park. The crucial formative weeks of her life won’t have been the best.
However, fortune shone on her when she came to live with the couple, my clients. (more…)
It’s a kind of vicious circle. A constantly challenging, easily aroused puppy can get us down. Our resulting loss of patience makes puppy worse.[divider type=”white”] Days start badly Their days with sixteen-week-old Luna start badly as the easily aroused puppy fights against having her harness put on. The exasperated lady Read more…
They have had ten week old puppy Cavapoochon, Isla, for less than two weeks. Already she takes herself out to toilet. She sleeps through the night, no mess. A dream of a puppy.[divider type=”white”] A ten week old puppy and socialisation ‘Puppy Parenting’ isn’t only about changing things she’s doing now, Read more…
With new puppies, we can unwittingly make things difficult for ourselves for the best of reasons. I went to Bongo yesterday. She is the most adorable Cockerpoo. She is just how you want a puppy to be, confident, inquisitive and playful.[divider type=”white”] Puppy life skills. Bongo is a good example Read more…
The couple both have full time jobs and two very young children. My own daughter can barely manage this and is exhausted a lot of the time. Imagine adding a young dog that needs his own time and attention too. This is the case of the young couple I have Read more…
This is the start of my Puppy Parenting journey… …with the delightful Richie, a Goldendoodle puppy now age 14 weeks. I usually like to start as soon as the puppy arrives in his new home but often, as in the case of Richie, people put in fantastic work with the Read more…
The problems they want to resolve are for Shadow to stop nipping them and to stop barking at other dogs. Both issues are really just symptoms.[divider type=”white”] The nipping is a symptom of over-excitement. The beautiful German Shepherd is nearly seven months old and still really just a puppy. She is already Read more…
An emergency visit to another biting puppy! The young couple have had eight-week-old Springer Spaniel puppy for just four days. His flying at them and grabbing legs and clothes as they walk about has reached such a level that they are wearing their wellies in the house now! Actually this Read more…