We all know what Pugnacious means! Frank is a delightful, friendly and playful ten-month-old Pug French Bulldog mix. He is a typical teenager in that he likes to play his family up – he is a clever boy. What I was called for is Frank’s behaviour around dropped food, bones Read more
Why did the Cairn Terrier and Labrador–Cocker mix start fighting when each dog was perfectly friendly on their own? An elderly family member is no longer able to look after her dog and he now has a new home. Cairn Terrier Ben has gone to live with the couple and Read more
Why would a friendly Cocker Spaniel growl or bite when someone approached something he was guarding? There really is something so endearing about a Cocker Spaniel! Cockers haven’t been put on this earth to be ignored. My own Cocker, Pickle, is totally different to Toby in that he’s not a Read more
Why would two young male dogs raised together start competing and fighting as they mature? They got both Harley and Louis as puppies, at about the same time, ten months ago. They are now seeing some of the problems they might encounter with same-sex siblings. The two dogs are, in Read more
In the nicest way possible the adolescent Mia needs to be brought down a peg or two without the use of confrontation. If a command (or I would now prefer to call it ‘cue’) is used and she is defiant and refuses, what next? If they back down they have lost, and if they try to insist they risk making her angry.
Here is Leonberger, King Leo, making sure even larger Irish Wolfhound Pluto knows his place – beneath him! Leo is another example of people who chose the bravest and pushiest puppy in the litter and then find him hard work. At two years of age he has grown into his Read more