Much of Blue’s early life was spent in a crate after he and his brother began to fight. He was rehomed. Next he was in another bad situation before being taken in by a rescue and fostered by someone with fifteen dogs. Now introduced to a steady home life, it’s little wonder Blue is lacking impulse control. It Read more…
The afternoon consisted of calm, affectionate moments with the lovely Ty punctuated with fresh attempts to jump all over me – which can be uncomfortable when a dog stands beside you on the sofa, licking your face and trying to nip your ear! Understandably nobody likes this, but if telling Read more…
I could hear the three little dogs as I got out of my car down the road! With the exception of a German Shepherd, I have recently been to a run of little dogs, and one thing many of them have in common is excessive barking! The problem with all Read more…
Doberman Rocky is just 9 months old, and he was rehomed by a young couple just two weeks ago. Puppy left alone for too long Although he wasn’t physically neglected, he had spent some very formative months of his young life without proper ‘parenting’. Consequently he’s somewhat ‘emotionally damaged’ just Read more…
Mikey is a Staffordshire Bull Terrier mixed with something else – it looks very much like Pit Bull. He had an uncertain start in life with several different homes in the first six months. He now lives with a young couple who have overcome a lot of difficulties as he Read more…
When getting a new dog, people sometimes have very high expectations based on their memories of their previous elderly dog. They may remember a placid dog that doesn’t pull on lead and that will come back when called. Leo is about eleven months old, and a German Shepherd crossed with Read more…
Poor Chloe is a very stressed eighteen month old Wemerana. She has chronic separation problems and because of the damage she has done she is now crated when her owners are out at work. I go to many dogs and even puppies whose owners, having to go to work, are out for Read more…
Sophie is a perfect example of how wrong is a Staffordshire Bull Terrier’s reputation for aggression. It is the owners, not the dogs. I have been to a good number of Staffies, and in only a very few cases was aggession involved, mostly between siblings of the same sex. Sophie was Read more…
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 I have seen. He has a tail chasing ritual that is more or less continuous Read more…