Over-arousal and raised stress levels exaggerate and intensify all reactive or uncontrolled behaviours. Mina is easily aroused. With Mina these behaviours include digging, jumping up, rough mouthing, grabbing and biting; She reacts fearfully to children, jumps on people they meet when out and so on. The young dog can get Read more…
The 5 month old Romanian rescue puppy, Annie, is beginning her new life with the young couple. She has been with them for five days now. She first acclimatised to their garden but was wary of the house. She now is getting used to indoors and even runs up and Read more…
Betty is a mixed breed looking very like a larger Border Terrier, seven months old. She has only been in the country for six weeks. Before that she had will no doubt have been living with a number of other dogs after being picked up. It is possible that at Read more…
(An online consultation) They only know a little about Milo’s past. The rest has to be guesswork based on his fearful behaviour. Away from the house and onto the street, he shakes. He must have started life in a home because he has obviously had training at some stage. He’s Read more…
They fetched their Romanian rescue pup, Toby, four days ago from a temporary foster. He’s seven months old.
Seven hours hiding behind a bush
A couple of weeks previously he’d been transported on the long journey across Europe from Romania in the back of a van.
The Romanian rescue organisation had picked up Toby’s mother and siblings from the streets when he was two weeks old. Both the original rescue and the subsequent foster had looked after multiple dogs.
Now, probably for the first time in his life, he’s an only dog. (more…)
It’s not surprising that two-year-old Moose suffers from lack of confidence around people. Considering his background as a puppy born on the streets of Romania, he’s doing great. They didn’t have him until he was sixteen weeks old.
No socialisation will have taken place during the crucial early weeks and what encounters he did have with people were very likely scary ones and now hard-wired into his brain.
Imagine, how a Romanian puppy of about four months old must feel, being flown across Europe in a crate. Then, after a long drive in a car, the puppy enters an alien environment, a home.
The family, first-time dog owners, has done very well indeed with Cody who is now 18-months old. Most of the time he is affectionate, playful and friendly. He is great with people and dogs when out and off lead, so walks are enjoyable.
Near home he’s more insecure. At home he has a few problems.
They can’t give him anything of value to chew, just the kind of thing he really needs to keep him occupied and calm, because it triggers resource guarding behaviour. In the past, growling, guarding behaviour has elicited scolding.
Instead of stopping the aggression, this confrontational approach made Cody angry. (more…)
Aggressive behaviour, is it through fear or something else? Delilah was in another room behind a gate when arrived, barking but not for long. Her lead was already attached to her harness. When the gate was opened she didn’t join us for several minutes. When she did, she was fine. Read more…
From streets of Romania to vet cage with Parvo. Beautiful crossbreed Becca – with Labrador and Husky in the mix – started life as a puppy on the streets in Romania. At just a few weeks old she lost her mother and then she and her siblings caught Parvo. At just a few weeks old Read more…
As I sat down I glanced at Adi. He was shaking with fear. The dog was shaking with fear just because I had walked into the room where he lay. Usually he runs out of the room and hides. Possibly my asking the man to walk into the room ahead of me Read more…