Five-year-old Maggie was okay initially when they first adopted her eight months ago. The separation problems developed until they could no longer leave her without coming home to a wrecked carpet and damaged door.
Using a psychological behavioural approach throughout the evening I showed him that jumping and grabbing me was not rewarding in any way.
Bit by bit we could see him actually choosing the desired behaviour for himself. At the end of a tiring evening, instead of being shut away in his crate to bark and cry as usual, or jumping at me whenever I moved, he was lying spark out in the middle of the floor. He even ignored us walking around him.
Kyra is a two year old Akita who a year ago was picked up as a very skinny stray. Her conscientious owners started with a problem not created by themselves, and Kyra has come a long way. Restless She is extremely restless and in all the time I was there Read more