Why had Ziggy and Buddy’s fighting suddenly escalated? Common denominators: Food or a chew has been involved. Ziggy may have been on the stairs up ahead of Buddy (they live in a town house with the living room upstairs). Ziggy was already aroused in some way. Buddy has always been Read more
Atlas and Apollo are sibling brothers, two years of age. The family very wisely did most things with them individually for the first few months of their lives, which has paid off. The two well-trained dogs are the best of friends. The problems are out on walks Apollo has become Read more
Reggie’s pulling is due to excitement at the prospect of getting to the park and chasing his ball.
Ronnie’s pulling is due to anxiety. Feeling unsafe. He feels he needs to warn off any approaching dog that’s not already a friend of his.
Underpinning everything is keeping stress/arousal levels as low as they can. Too much of anything, whether it’s attention, fuss, exercise or play, causes stress of sorts. Arousal primes the two dogs so that the smallest, most insignificant thing then tips them over and can trigger an explosion. Just a look, even.
When someone new comes to the door, they shut the two Dalmatians behind a gate. They will be barking loudly as the person enters the house. Lincoln is barking with excitement. Lucas’ excitement quickly spills over into redirecting onto poor Lincoln, attacking him. I witnessed this for myself. Fortunately Lincoln Read more
Being pulled down the road by two little dogs, one screaming and one barking in sympathy, is no joke. Mollie and her sibling sister Maggie are absolutely adorable little Miniature Schnauzers, six months of age. They have very few of the usual puppy problems that I go to. They don’t nip, they ask Read more
I walked in the door to be met with frantic barking. Brave Luna, with frantic barking, came right up to me. Her sister backed her up but with less enthusiasm. Luna and Bear are same-sex siblings. They are two-year-old Cavapoo Collies. What a mix! They were a bit smaller than Read more
When I was there, the smallest sound that we humans couldn’t even hear had the two little dogs racing out into the garden, barking.
They got both Harley and Louis as puppies, at about the same time, ten months ago. They are now seeing some of the problems they might encounter with same-sex siblings. The two dogs are, in fact very different. Harley is a Great Dane. Louis a Boxer. Over the months as Read more
It’s a sad situation. The Irish Terrier brother and sister, now ten years old, have had the occasional spat in the past. Lottie was always the most confident one. Hugo is more fearful and has been very reliant upon Lottie. He loves his walks, but won’t go without her. It sounds Read more