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working cocker spaniel

arousal, excitement

Digging? The ‘bapping’ behaviour is a form of compulsive digging.

Two-year-old Working Cocker Dixie is constantly on the go. As the day wears on, she gets worse. It manifests itself in what I call ‘scrabbling’ and they call ‘dobbing’. She paddles and scratches with her front paws on people, on the floor, on the curtain – and on her bed. Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 2 yearsNovember 1, 2023 ago
Aggression

The sweet, gentle dog nipped a young child.

Two-year-old Luna is a very easy dog to live with. She really is the model dog. And a rare thing – a very quiet Working Cocker Spaniel! But the other day she nipped their nephew who is 2. Her dislike of being touched  or cornered by little children started a Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 2 yearsOctober 12, 2023 ago
arousal, excitement

Arousal-busting required. How jumping to the wrong conclusions makes things worse

Jumping to conclusions If we jump to the wrong conclusions as to what’s behind a behaviour, it stands to reason the behaviour’s unlikely to improve. When the dog does something we want to change – like digging the carpet – we should be dealing with the underlying cause. When the Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 2 yearsAugust 15, 2023 ago
Aggression

Working Cocker Spaniel needs constant action so makes his own fun

‘He has no fear, took a sock off my nephews foot and swallowed it. Stealing food from table, walking on dining table, barking at people when out for walks and running up to them. Aggressive /bites when you try and take certain items off of him’.

By Theo Stewart, 4 yearsNovember 11, 2021 ago
arousal, excitement

Wild behaviour. Their life revolves around coping strategies.

When hyped up and wild, Nellie needs help. She has a need. Putting a lid on it merely makes it erupt somewhere else. They want something acceptable for her to vent her wildness.

By Theo Stewart, 4 yearsJuly 22, 2021 ago
obsessive compulsive

OCD Abnormal Repetitive Behaviour. The frustration of chasing but never catching.

Very soon after they got her at 4 months of age, she was exhibiting OCD by fixating for hours on the sunlight dancing through the leaves onto the ground.

By Theo Stewart, 4 yearsMarch 6, 2021 ago
obedience

Come when called. Getting attention.

The problem seems simple enough. They want to be able to get Working Cocker Milo’s focus and attention on them when the are out. When the eight-month-old has his head under a hedge or down a hole, when he’s playing excitedly with other dogs, he goes deaf. Attention has to Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 4 yearsJanuary 22, 2021 ago
Aggression

Adolescent Unemployed Working Dog

Young working dog without a job. I have just met Sam who is seven months of age. Sam is so very like my own Working Cocker Spaniel, Pickle. I have had over five years with Pickle, learning how to give my alert and energetic working dog a sufficiently fulfilled life so that he’s Read more…

By Theo Stewart, 5 yearsMarch 15, 2020 ago
barking

Food-Driven Cocker Spaniel

His male owner had him for four years before meeting his partner, and they don’t always agree on how Bobby should be treated. She says it’s like taking on a stepchild with the various emotions involved.

By Theo Stewart, 13 yearsJanuary 2, 2012 ago

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