The old lady’s friend says, ‘You are 85. She’s not the right dog for you. You shouldn’t have got her’. This understandably upsets her. She loves her young dog although, despite being a very fit 85, she finds her a bit too much at times. However, the lady’s daughter lives 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…
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…
Jack is a delightful Border Terrier. Having checked me out and sniffed me thoroughly he brought me a toy, and then was so chilled that he spent much of the time I was there asleep! The couple have had Jack for about three months now – he used to belong Read more…
Lugh and Idris are gorgeous very well-loved 14-month-old Jack Russel/Parson mix Terriers with a few unwanted behaviours creeping in. The owners are ‘bringing them up’ in a fair and caring way and th dogs are mostly well-behaved, although they may be doted on a little too much by the lady Read more…
Ruby’s owners have been living the sort of nightmare that would be a dog owners’ worst dream. She has never been good with other dogs, but one day a couple of months ago she killed an elderly Sheltie. One can only imagine what this must have been like for his Read more…
Fred is a seven-year-old Jack Russel Corgi mix. For his first three years, on one hand he was so pampered he even had breakfast in bed, on the other hand he was left shut up alone for hours on end. When my clients took him four years ago he was very overweight Read more…
Being indoors with Bertie, Cocker Spaniel/Poodle cross (Cockerpoo), it is hard to image him running off on a walk to worry sheep, or turning up chased by a farmer and with blood all over him. If the farmer had had a gun, Berite would now be dead. He looks like pure Cocker, Read more…
This is beautiful Lexy. She is a cross between a Malinois and a Collie. Lexy is eight years old and until the beginning of this year had lived all her life since she was a puppy with a very elderly couple until they could manage her no longer. They did Read more…
It was hard to take a photo of Charlie, because she was so friendly and curious that pointing a camera at her brought her over to investigate, so here she is, lying down, busy chewing a toy. Charlie came over from Ireland and was adopted by her new family about Read more…