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Storytime: Puppy Isla Nips Feet
I read you little ten-week-old Isla’s story. What a dream of a puppy, and so clever. Theo Stewart – dog behaviourist helping dog owners helping their dogs through understanding. I can help you too.
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Boisterous Pup, Patient Older Dog and Christmas
How can a boisterous puppy learn to live calmly with an older dog?
The lady has a 12-year-old black Labrador, Ginny.
Her son, who doesn’t live with her, recently got himself a boisterous black Labrador puppy. Bobby is now a very large five months old.
The lady has a quiet life with elderly Ginny – that is until the son drops boisterous Bobby off! This may happen a couple of times a week.
Bedlam
As soon as he arrives there is bedlam. (more…)
Aggression
Unexplained Aggression from Thirteen-Week-Old Puppy
The problems start when they want Koda to do something he himself doesn’t want to do!
Cocker Spaniel
A Separation Plan for Leaving Lily Alone
Why does Lily struggle when left, and how can they build a gradual separation plan that feels safe to her? The couple need a separation plan so that they can go out and leave Lily for a couple of hours at a time. Lily is a sixteen-week-old Cocker Spaniel. Like Read more
Aggression
Building a Positive Relationship with their Puppy
‘He bites everything he can get hold of, including us… (with a bone) he turned into a dog we’ve never seen… growling uncontrollably, barking extremely aggressively… if he was not in his pen I think he would have really gone for us’.
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Puppy Basics – Getting it Right from the Start
How can good routines, calm enrichment and consistent toilet training in the early weeks prevent future behaviour problems? Rusty is a gorgeous 12-week-old Chihuahua Jack Russell mix. Puppy basics There are just a couple of areas where the lady wants to make sure she gets the puppy basics right. She Read more
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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!
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Missing Out – Barking for Company
Whether or not isolation distress is involved, it’s definitely and mainly fear of missing out.
Poppy is shut away from action and company that she would like to part of. She has been banished, so she barks.
biting or nipping
Listening to What People Say – and the Confusion it Brings
Right from the start of the day, Hugo will suddenly fly at them and hang off the lady’s skirt or the bottom of gentleman’s trousers. Often his teeth penetrate flesh. Ouch! It catches them both off guard.
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A Scary World – and The Cat
(An online consultation – Ripley and the cat) When a fearful young rescue reacts to everything outside, could a problem inside the house be making progress even harder? Ripley is now five months old. Her mother was a Romanian street dog that was rescued just before her puppies were born. Read more