Twelve-year-old Cockerpoo Charlie has become increasingly agitated around the puppy as each day goes by. Fortunately the 11-week old puppy is resilient. He’s a Cavapoochon. They have chosen to get a puppy at this time because the daughter is home from uni and has time to dedicate herself to settling Read more…
Polly is aggressive when people leave. I had been sitting on their sofa for a couple of hours and had slowly made friends with her. Then I stood up. The dog thought I was leaving. She changed in a flash into a snarling, barking, biting dervish. There is a lot Read more…
Kiki, a Chocolate Labrador mixed with a small bit of something else – Doberman perhaps – has had several homes in her two-and-a-half years. At one she had been tied up most of the time and muzzled – most likely to prevent her from chewing anything including herself. She is Read more…
Jumping all over people, flying behind them around the backs of the sofa, leaping up at faces when they are standing, stealing things then destroying or eating them, tail-chasing round and round, and suckling his blanket, Staffie Marley is a loveable but exhausting, hyperactive dog. However, when they are out Read more…
We can’t have eyes in the back of our head, so where dogs and toddlers are concerned the environment needs to be adjusted accordingly. Jack is a five-year-old Fox Terrier and they have had him since he was a puppy, well before their little girl was born. They have put Read more…
Jack Russell Bella is constantly nibbling, sucking and chewing herself – or scratching. She has many seasonal allergies and allergies to food, but the nibbling and sucking was something else. The intensity and manner in which she was chewing herself looked to me like she was deliberately shutting out the Read more…
If Staffie Dudley were a human he would probably be on Valium! A person like Dudley would be on the go non-stop, never stop talking, chewing their nails, demanding attention all the time, unable to listen properly because so preoccupied, jumping into the air and screeching at sudden sounds and Read more…
Little Mitzy is a seven-year-old Border Terrier. Mitzy is a bundle of worry. I watched her shaking, regularly lifting her paw and licking her lips like she was taking a bite of air. I was called because they no longer take her for walks due to her ‘aggression’ towards other Read more…
Daisy is a Labrador X. She was originally found at one year old starving, pregnant and tied to a lamp post. She has lived with her family for six years now. Until a few weeks ago she was happy, outgoing and willing. For the past two or three months Daisy Read more…
Sophie is a 7-year-old Springer Spaniel. She is stressed and hyperactive for much of the time, panting, pacing and crying. This can continue for hours and she only really settles within the confines and restrictions of her crate. It can be very tiring for her family. Sophie is also friendly Read more…