How can Becky learn to feel calm and safe around the new baby? This is Becky, a four-year-old Jack Russell. She is a superb little dog – very biddable – perhaps a little spoilt! Becky is, however, easily stressed. This was evident by her excessive nose-licking. Her family hadn’t realised Read more
The perpetual stress results in Coco being reactive to dogs and scared of people, chasing traffic, barking in the car at anything moving and being especially frantic around small children who visit.
Why does Benny feel he needs to constantly guard and protect his family? Benny is a four-year-old Corgi. He lives in what one might imagine to be a dog paradise. He is free to go wherever he likes in a very large country house. He has a caring family and Read more
Why does Tiny chase his tail almost continuously and struggle to calm himself down? It was hard to take a photo of Tiny because he never remained still for long enough in the entire three hours I was there today. The little Jack Russell is one of the most stressed little dogs Read more
Why has stressed young Jack started peeing on his bedding, toys and all over the floor? For days ago I went to see Jack, a Jack Russell/Staffie mix. He lives with Amelia who is three years old. Jack is only fourteen months old himself. Jack is scared when Amelia approaches Read more
Why does Cocoa suddenly freeze and refuse to walk across shiny floors? I visited Cocoa, a Chocolate Labrador age four years old. Cocoa does a lot of jumping up and is quite stressed and anxious. One particular problem is that she is sometimes scared of walking over shiny floors and they Read more