Baby due in five weeks. Just five weeks. Then they will have friends and health visitor calling to see the baby. If that happened today it would be a noisy problem. They may be unable to talk due to Cavachon Gigi’s barking. Gigi also barks at people she hears outside Read more…
Atlas is a beautiful, playful, loving and friendly white German Shepherd with the people he knows. He’s 15 months old and lives with a family that includes three children age nine to fifteen. Atlas is however very timid with people he doesn’t know. He will bark fearfully at anyone coming Read more…
A dog that doesn’t welcome people into his home is a problem made much more common by lockdown. Vinnie’s owners refer to his behaviour as ‘aggressive’ but that is only because they can’t find another, better word. We know that he’s not an ‘aggressive dog’. The barking and nipping is aggressive Read more…
Bo reacts with fearful barking when a guest visits their flat. Bo has lived with the couple since he was a puppy. He’s now one year old today! Although they started off well with his meeting people and socialisation, lockdown has made keeping it up difficult. ‘Socialisation’ which means happy Read more…
What a big change in living style the mix-breed terrier has had.
It seems Poppy came from a fairly manic household with comings and goings, unpredictable young people and lots of noise. Judging by how she may now wince or recoil from hands, it’s very likely she wasn’t handled very kindly.
It’s possible a man treated her harshly, though it is common for nervous dogs to be more afraid of men than of women.
They asked one of the older children if they were sorry to see her go. The child said, ‘Not really’. (more…)
Little Miniature Wire Haired Daschund, Ziggy, is scared of people he doesn’t know coming to his house. Particularly if they are standing up and even more so if they are walking about. He is a brave little dog. Instead of running, he faces his fear. He barks. He nips legs, particularly Read more…
I am sometimes contacted by people wanting to make their dog be a guard dog. These people aren’t happy because their friendly or fearful dog is useless at protecting them or their property. Training dogs to behave with aggression isn’t my bag at all. Taking the ‘guard’ out of the guard dog. I do Read more…
There seem to be many things that worry Gibson, a beautiful three-year-old Bernese Mountain Dog. He was, apparently, an anxious puppy. If the couple hadn’t already done so many things for and with him, he could be a lot worse. He reacts to sounds at home, mostly sounds associated with Read more…
This picture isn’t actually two-year-old Springer Spaniel Jimmy because he didn’t come out of hiding for long enough for me to take his photo, but it’s similar. Jimmy lives with another confident and calm Springer, Jasper. Jimmy’s Working Springer breeder kept the dogs outside in a barn, so Jimmy had Read more…
There they are, on the left, up on the sofa at the window watching me leave – Bronson and Rambo. Their young owners have been working hard to train them, but it’s not always easy. Their dream of happy walks with two lovely, friendly dogs and of polite behaviour with Read more…