Why is Pibbles aggressive towards Maggie May when excitement rises, and how can they reduce the tension safely? This was a very interesting online session. The dog is sometimes aggressive towards one of their other dogs. My online consultation took me all the way the other side of the world Read more
Frustration builds up all day, flooding his brain with stress hormones Beautiful Finnish Lapphund Teemu is now nine months old. If things continue in the direction they are going, they worry that either the lady or one of the children will be hurt. So far blood hasn’t been drawn, but if things continue as Read more
The perpetual stress results in Coco being reactive to dogs and scared of people, chasing traffic, barking in the car at anything moving and being especially frantic around small children who visit.
I’m just back from seeing two wonderful black Labradors, Raj and Sumo. They are no problem at home, friendly, polite and biddable, and if it were not for lead walking and getting frantically excited when getting into the car, they would be the perfect dogs! Raj now has three legs. Read more
I have just visited two more dogs living together that on occasion fight. Harry and Star, both terrier mixes, have always had a volatile relationship. They are both in their third year, and were adopted as puppies. Star must have some Border Terrier in her, and Harry is mostly Tibetan Read more
Whippets are just so delicate and graceful. To look at them it’s hard to imagine they could ever cause any trouble! These two beautiful whippet siblings are now four years old. They have lived with their family for eighteen months. The two have very different personalities, and for most of Read more
Bit by bit the bucket fills until it is near overflowing and just one more drop will cause it to flow over. The slightest thing can then cause the dog to fly off the handle. This is why some dogs seem ‘unpredictable’. How they handle something they may meet one day when the bucket isn’t full to overflowing will be different to how they react to the same thing another day when it’s brim full.