arousal, excitement
The elderly Jack Russell has stopped sleeping in the night
About five weeks ago their 11-year-old Jack Russell Lily stopped sleeping in the night.
arousal, excitement
Suddenly, overnight, she has just flipped into a different dog
It started four days ago and our online consultation was yesterday. Crumble has had a couple of these manic sessions during the three months they have had her. Now it’s nearly constant unless she is restrained somehow. Destruction around this house. “There seems to be no rhyme or reason to Read more…
Aggression
Unexplained Aggression from Thirteen-Week-Old Puppy
Koda is gorgeous – most of the time. He’s a thirteen-week-old Staffie puppy who does all the usual puppy things. He may get over-excited and rough which is normal. His toilet training is a bit slow, but we are working on that. Hr’s quick at learning and is now going Read more…
Aggression
He rushes at dogs and grabs their faces. Now they have an 11-week-old puppy.
There are two Issues going on that are affecting ZigZag’s defensive behaviour. I would call rushing at dogs to grab the face defensive rather than antagonistic. ZigZag is a 7-year-old Frenchie. One issue is his physical state. The other is the loss of their older dog, Bonzo, some months ago. Read more…
Aggression
Troubled Frenchie has recently become increasingly growly.
The troubled behaviour started about four months ago, in November. Vinnie was one year old. Before then he had growled at them when they clipped up his harness but that’s all. This has escalated to growling and snapping at other times. There is something increasingly bugging the troubled Read more…
Aggression
They will encourage willing participation
The seven-month-old Cocker Spaniel may growl and snap when they touch her – when physical contact is somehow imposed upon her. She also can snap when they try to take her harness off. It’s like, when they want to remove her harness, she’s guarding it. She became very angry when Read more…
Fear
Exorcising the garden.
An Online Behaviour Consultation Jerry is an eight-year-old rescue Lurcher with various health problems including arthritis and laryngeal paralysis. He is on painkillers and regularly sees the vet. Temperamentally he is usually a confident dog, unlike the lady’s other dog Zac – another Lurcher. Two weeks ago, in the evening Read more…
Fear
Distressed, trembles and whimpers at bedtime.
The lady then fetches Millie’s bed and takes it into her bedroom, followed by Millie. She gets ready for bed then gives the dog a treat for getting into her own bed. She goes to bed herself.
Immediately everything changes. Millie jumps onto the lady’s bed.
She trembles. She whimpers, jumps on and off. Obviously very distressed, she drools.
Aggression
Spud growls at the man and has bitten the grandchild
Over the past three years Spud has become grumpy. He growls. It seems this may have coincided with the onset of his arthritis. He had an operation three months ago and is still on painkilling medication. Spud is a 9-year-old Parson Russell Terrier who is friendly and well-mannered. A dear Read more…