Fear
Quietly fearful of everyday things
Sadly, for both him and the couple who love him dearly, too many things in daily life scare him. They would like to be able to include him in all they do without scaring him.
Behaviour and Training
Bonnie’s Journey: She refuses to get in the car
Bonnie, a six-year-old Labrador, had developed a strong reluctance to get into the lady’s car. While she would happily jump into the cars belonging to the man or daughter in the household, she outright refused to get into the lady’s car.
arousal, excitement
Barking Winnie. The beginning of a journey
Winnie is a big barker. She probably thinks barking is her job. They adopted her six months ago. She’s is mix of Dachshund and, probably, Jack Russell. The first three and a half years of her life she lived with travellers. She would have been an excellent warning system. They Read more
arousal, excitement
Young German Shepherd Simply Gets Too Excited
Ozzy is 22 months old. He has a wonderful nature for a family pet and is friendly to people and dogs. There is one problem that affects most things in his life, and consequently the life of his family. Ozzy simply gets too excited. The smallest thing triggers excitement. Already Read more
siblings
Springer siblings. Both pull for different reasons
Reggie’s pulling is due to excitement at the prospect of getting to the park and chasing his ball.
Ronnie’s pulling is due to anxiety. Feeling unsafe. He feels he needs to warn off any approaching dog that’s not already a friend of his.
German Shepherd
Blind German Shepherd. Unable to read other dogs.
It would be hard to tell that Bear was very nearly totally blind if you didn’t know. He was born blind so doesn’t know what he’s missing. However, it’s understandable that he must feel more vulnerable if another dog is suddenly upon him with little warning.
Aggression
Aggression towards other dogs began six months ago
It can be hard to reconcile the dog one sees in the house to that dog that goes bonkers on the end of a lead at the sight of another dog. Indie ‘changes personality’.
reactivity
Stressful walks. Other dogs. Polite happy dog at home.
A short while ago the stressful walks came to a head when he saw a smaller dog appear and ‘suddenly’ charged at it.
arousal, excitement
Other dogs. Walks. Pulling on lead. Canicross
They had two German Shorthaired Pointers, Douglas and Gracie with which the couple did Canicross. Sadly, Gracie developed cancer, had to have a leg amputated and can no longer run. Four months ago they adopted two-year-old Louie. They want to run with him also, but his reactivity to certain other Read more
arousal, excitement
Romanian street dog. Settling in gently
In the photo the Romanian street dog is in a kill shelter. Then a lady the from a local rescue saved the Romanian Mioritic Shepherd, in the nick of time. One day before execution. Some weeks later Balou came to live with my client – into a very different world. Into Read more