How do you socialise a puppy who feels overwhelmed by traffic, people and other dogs? Due to lockdowns all over the world, proper puppy parenting and puppy socialisation has been left a bit late by many people. Chloe could by my Working Cocker Pickle’s sister – but unlikely as she Read more
Yesterday’s online behaviour consultation was for a fifteen-week-old puppy. Does squealing really help when a puppy bites hands, clothes or ankles? Luna is a Lurcher. Like so many puppies, she goes wild at times, grabbing clothing with her teeth and biting hands and ankles. This may be ‘normal’ puppy behaviour Read more
Why do young puppies chase feet and grab clothes when people walk around the house? An emergency visit to another biting puppy! The young couple have had eight-week-old Springer Spaniel puppy for just four days. His flying at them and grabbing legs and clothes as they walk about has reached Read more
The friends’ advice they have listened to has been old-school, using stern ‘commands’, ‘no’ etc. as opposed to motivation, positive reinforcement and reward.
They will find that modern force-free methods work a whole lot better.
I know. I have used both in my time.
What happens when a young puppy misses early exposure to the world and is suddenly overwhelmed with too much too quickly?
Another dog, a puppy this time, having lacked the right kind of early socialising and exposure in the earlier weeks, before she was twelve weeks of age.
Mia is now nearly four months old, a beautiful Catalan Shepherd puppy.
Poor little Mia is extremely fearful of people. She is generally jumpy and is terrified of traffic. (more…)
From what I observed of Hettie’s new careful, tail-down behaviour, something must have happened while they were away. She had come back a different puppy. Not to be too dramatic, it’s like something had broken her spirit. She had lost her joyfulness.
Why would a bright ten-week-old Cavapoochon puppy start nipping feet when people arrive home or when visitors appear? They have had ten week old puppy Cavapoochon, Isla, for less than two weeks. Already she takes herself out to toilet. She sleeps through the night, no mess. A dream of a Read more
Is she being difficult — or simply too aroused to cope? “I am desperate! “….I love my puppy so much and don’t know what to do. She bites, jumps up and snaps at me. I can’t eat in front of her. I could go on. Skye likes to watch the Read more
How do you know which dog advice to trust when every expert online seems to say something different? I was greeted enthusiastically by the most adorable little dog. Six month old Bertie, a Dachshund Jack Russell mix, leapt up at me in joy. All my usual rules went out of Read more
Why do so many puppies hear “No!” all day long without really understanding what we want instead? We get a new puppy with the belief that it must fit in with our family life. He must learn what is acceptable right from the start. This sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? What Read more