Dan is showing obsessive behaviour signs, especially with water and now with his ball. If he gets into any water – the sea, a river, a large puddle – he is obsessed. Not sure if it’s shadows/light/ movement but he will stay in there to the point of hyperthermia
Border Collie Oscar lives with a young couple who love him dearly. They do everything they can think of to give him the best life. One thing they have been unable to overcome. Fixates. Frozen Oscar, in the garden, will stare at the back fence, fixated. He agitates until they Read more
The Working Cocker is now one year old. Her obsession with chasing shadows and lights plagues her life. It also affects her family.
Since the sunny weather began, her OCD reflection-chasing behaviour began. It’s like an addiction.
Very soon after they got her at 4 months of age, she was exhibiting OCD by fixating for hours on the sunlight dancing through the leaves onto the ground.
Just why Monty ended up circling and screaming when pooing is impossible to prove. They assume it had something to do with the castration four weeks ago but maybe it’s not directly that, but the chain of events that followed.
Unless all is still and quiet, Amber can’t settle.
The smallest thing prompts a compulsive sequence of chasing shadows, digging the floor or licking the carpet. She won’t leave their other dog alone.
Sometimes it’s hard to see the wood from the trees. Oscar is a dog, like many of our dogs, living in a world that he’s not been bred for. The couple do all they know to give him a good life, particularly by way of long daily walks, but it’s Read more
Laser lights, usually cat toys, are DANGEROUS to dogs! They should come with a written warning on the packaging.
Border Collie Holly has several of the more difficult traits in Collies without work to do that I go to, bearing in mind that I only go to dogs that need help in some way. This won’t represent the majority of their breed out there. A Border Collie, being a Read more