Why would a young rescue dog suddenly become fearful after several scary incidents close together? Stunning Flo is nine months old. She was rescued from Romanian streets at 5 months old – an Akbash – a Turkish sheep guarding dog. I believe a series of unfortunate events has most likely Read more
How does one sudden bang undo months of progress? Ten days ago a bird scarer detonated and if he’d not been on lead Bob would have legged it home. He has now become reluctant to walk again – as he had been a year ago when they first got him. Read more
Has your previously house-trained dog suddenly started toileting indoors again? To poo indoors once seemed the natural thing for the twelve-year-old Tibetan Terrier. Tipsy was a breeding bitch who had lived in kennels for the first five years of her life. It took them a year to house-train her, but Read more
Rio, now seven, has been spooked by bangs for several years now, since a firework went off while he was out on a walk.
Now he will mostly refuse to walk from the house – unless he goes in the car. He is on high alert and easily spooked by anything.
Why would a rescue dog suddenly become terrified of walks, noises and the outside world? Eight weeks ago Holly came from a pound in Cyprus to live with my lady client. Holly is a Beagle mix, three years of age. Although initially spending a lot of time in her bolthole Read more
Bud apparently only became so jumpy at about nine months old. It coincided with a break-in when he was alone in the house.
How did a Labrador who was too frightened to leave the driveway become a dog who could hear bangs on walks and barely react at all? Nearly two months ago I visited Poppy, a five-year-old Labrador who seemed constantly haunted by every sound she heard from loud bangs to things Read more
Has your dog become so scared of bangs or distant sounds that they refuse to walk or even go into the garden? I could see immediately that Poppy was a very worried dog. After an initial uncertainty she was friendly, if reserved, but throughout the evening it was like she Read more
What can you do when fear of gunshots and bangs makes your dog dread going for walks? Fear of bangs all started with a BANG – either a gunshot or a bird scarer. Little Cockerpoo Ruby is becoming increasingly scared outside on walks. She is no longer eager to go Read more