Can trying too hard to create the perfect dog actually make anxiety worse? Otis is probably a Ridgeback crossed with a Pharaoh Hound. This wonderful young dog has been through a lot in the one year of his short life. He started life in a puppy farm, ended up in Read more
Why does Oscar still struggle with self-control despite all his training? Is extensive training the answer? Beautiful eighteen month old Chocolate Labrador Oscar was a difficult puppy. They believe now that they spoilt him. By the time he was four months old they found him hard to cope with – Read more
Harvey has had extensive training before he fell ill, but it simply did not address this problem. However well trained he is, ‘training’ alone can’t alter how a dog feels inside which causes barking at other dogs. He probably feels threatened and wary, maybe grumpy.
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.
Then very unfortunately to my mind, they enlisted the help of a dog trainer. They advocated spraying water at her, shaking a bottle of stones at her, shouting at her, intimidation and domination. The wrong kind of training. Already more sensitive than the other dogs, Autumn is now really nervous.
Why is Holly reactive to other dogs on lead but fine off lead? Holly is a German Shepherd with an impressive pedigree of champions – and with very big ears! A beautiful girl. She has been well trained by careful and caring owners. Reactive I was called in to see Read more
Why does Charlie react to dogs, people, cars, joggers and cyclists when she is out on walks? It was hard to take a photo of Charlie. She was so friendly and curious that pointing a camera at her brought her over to investigate, so here she is, lying down, busily Read more