puppy
Positive Reinforcement for a Puppy who Picks on the Lady
The more commands the lady uses, the more she invites him to disobey – and then what should she do about it? Keep commanding? Force him? Manhandle him? Henlow has the teeth!
German Shepherd
Not Disobedient – Just an Unmotivated Dog
The less compliant and obedient a dog is, the more a frustrated owner may intensify his or her approach. They repeat commands with a crescendo until they are shouting. This may intimidate some dogs into being obedient.
Behaviour and Training
Little Chihuahua is perfect!
This little dog is a dream. I’m in love. The lady is wheelchair-bound and has had 20-month-old Chihuahua Pepe for ten weeks now. Apparently he came from a home where they also had two big dogs. He doesn’t bark too much, he isn’t demanding in any way, he doesn’t pull Read more
Behaviour and Training
They are trying to hard to have the Perfect Dog
Otis is probably a Ridgeback crossed with a Pharaoh Hound. This wonderful young dog has been through a lot in the one year of his short life. He started life in a puppy farm, ended up in a shelter for several months, and a couple of months ago was adopted Read more
Behaviour and Training
‘Come’ works a whole lot better than ‘Go’.
Today three of my five dogs were by mistake let out of their ‘daytime’ room into the sitting room (with five lively dogs one needs some physical boundaries). The three offenders were the three youngest, German Shepherd Milly, Cocker Pickle (of course), and Labrador Zara. ‘Man’ had left the door Read more