The play fighting immediately gets out of hand. Four month old Labrador puppy Harvey ‘attacks’ Bertie. Bertie, age ten, doesn’t get cross. He joins in. The lady breaks the play fighting up eventually. She says otherwise they would never stop. Killjoy Now call me a killjoy, but I think this Read more…
In what the man interprets as rough play, Cocker Spaniel Sooty barks at dogs, jumping up and nipping their faces. He also goes for their feet. Is it really just playful behaviour lacking dog manners? After finding out everything I can about Sooty, I’m not so sure that it’s rough Read more…
Sweet little Fox Red Labrador, Willow, used to live outside in kennels with other gundogs. Now she is in a very new world. Brave Willow’s new world. When one considers this is the first time the two-year-old has lived in a house, everything is a big adjustment. Just think of Read more…
Buddy’s angry behaviour has escalated in the last few weeks.
The ten-month-old French Bulldog snorts and gasps. His common Frenchie breathing problem (Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome – BOAS) must make normal life a constant struggle.
If he were an adolescent human struggling to breathe, Buddy could well have a very short fuse, ready to hit out, angry at the smallest thing. (more…)
‘Too much’ results in stress. Ollie’s stress levels are at the root of the problems. This said, not all stress is bad and a lot is associated with fun – but it’s too much of everything that’s the trouble. So many things add up during the day. The eighteen-month-old Cockerpoo Read more…
Learned behaviour that needs to be un-learned. Four months ago a dishevelled, grey, skinny dog in dreadful condition stepped out in front of my client’s car. After a visit to the vet and a bath, he turned out to be a mostly white Lurcher. They traced his past from a microchip and were Read more…
Cesar Millan? No! Instead – watch videos of Chirag Patel, Victoria Stilwell, Steve Mann, Nando Brown, Zak George – a huge list of modern force-free trainers doing a much better job but without the same publicity machine and sadly not on National Geographic or prime time TV. The big question Read more…
Bentley was very excited when I arrived, and his jumping up seemed to be relentless. This was my responsibility because I had asked the owners to leave the dogs alone so I could see what they would do whilst demonstrateing my way of dealing with it. English Bulldog Bentley is Read more…
The young Mastiff’s Future is In Their Hands Six month old Mastiff/Cane Corso mix has grabbed a child by the arm, and now he’s in trouble. The police have called. Dexter is enormous already. It’s possible that if he were a spaniel there would have been little fuss. He has Read more…
Lola barks at planes and birds and bees. She barks at the door bell, at animals on TV and at the young sons’ Nintendo game sounds. She barks at other dogs if she can’t get to them. She barks at everything. Lola, left, is a two-year-old Pug and the new Read more…