Why was Sabre becoming obsessed with chasing and barking for attention? Be his ‘chasing supplier’ no more. The young couple has a beautiful Border Collie pup called Sabre, five-and-a-half months old. He greeted me outside the house, pulling hard to get to me. Most of the time I was with Read more
Why does the Border Collie become fixated on one spot in the garden? Border Collie Oscar lives with a young couple who love him dearly. They do everything they can think of to give him the best life. One thing they have been unable to overcome. Fixates. Frozen Oscar, in Read more
The Working Cocker is now one year old. Her obsession with chasing shadows and lights plagues her life. It also affects her family.
What happens when a simple laser toy triggers an obsession that takes over a dog’s life? It’s not unusual how the fixation started. They have had the little Bichon Frise for just a few weeks – he came over from Ireland with an unknown past. The young lady quite unwittingly Read more
Why would the young Cocker Spaniel spend his days obsessively chasing shadows, reflections and anything that moves?Blue chases shadows and reflections. If a large bird flies over it’s not the bird he’s interested in but the shadow it casts. It is the same with cars when they are out on Read more
Suddenly a large fly was buzzing around the room and Jasper lost it! He barked, flew all over the place and jumped at us all.
When the lady goes to open the window to let a fly out he has a panic attack – after barking and leaping about, he jumps up onto the sofa, eyes darting, drooling.
My arrival stirred him up. He did a lot of jumping up.
Then he started looking for shadows and reflections. He obsessively chases shadows. He growls and barks at them. He was very restless all evening. He even had to be held still so I could take a photo of him.