They would love to be able to ask people to their house without worrying about their German Shepherd, Indi. Indi is now thirteen months old. The behaviour began a few months ago. She become very hostile to people coming to their house. She also reacts to certain people when they Read more…
It’s all about the build-up. Cocker Spaniel Mackie is three years old. He is lively, excitable and friendly. The couple have their two adult daughters living nearby. One has a toddler and the other a baby. Their problem is that Mackie becomes frantically excited when family calls. Excitement builds up Read more…
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 is however very timid with people he doesn’t know. Atlas is 15 months old and lives with a family that includes three children age nine to fifteen. He will bark fearfully at anyone Read more…
A dog that doesn’t welcome people into his home is a problem made much more common by lockdown. Working Cocker 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 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’ means happy encounters Read more…
They asked one of the older children if they were sorry to see her go. The child said, ‘Not really’.
Little Miniature Wire Haired Dachshund, 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, 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…
he most recent involved him jumping at someone and he may have caught her hand. This is serious, not least because of the dog law. Someone now need only to feel threatened by our dog, with no damage done, for us to be in trouble.