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You're welcome :)  Do keep us posted on her progress.

I agree with Joanne about taking lots of time to gain her trust. I would cancel the training classes for now as dogs need to be bonded to their handler in order to get anything out of a training class. If you need help with training then contact the trainer and see if they do house visits. But...

Nearly kissed the screen last night when the Behaviourist went through, with the owners' of the young rescue dog, about how diet affects behaviour and gave advice on how much exercise dogs need! The improvement in this dog, after having, (was it?) 4 previous homes, was fantastic to see. They...

If I allow my current dog unlimited access to bones he will over indulge and this causes him to bulk out his large intestine too much. We then get night time poops because he is uncomfortable. He did have Giardia before he came to me so this may be the reason his gut is a little sensitive...

The trouble with people wanting shot of their dogs is finding out why. People often lie about the reason. At least a rescue centre will have assessed the dog and it will be vaccinated and neutered and microchipped. The sanctuary that required the six foot high fencing is unusual now. Most just...

Every dog is different. You are right to not tell him off. It only increases the anxiety around being left and makes everything much worse. Not only are they upset at being left but anxious about you coming home too! The behaviour organisations, mentioned above, will want a referral from your...

Most do, though I have adopted through the Dogs Trust in the past when I provided a reference from my vet. The Dogs Trust send a form to the vet to ask if you have taken your current, or past pets, regularly to the vet and followed the advice of the vet. My latest rescue is from a small...

Sounds promising. Keep us posted.

I wouldn't say "soft" as much as "sensitive" :) Well done on getting a behaviourist involved. The world of dog behaviourists is an unregulated one. This means that anyone can call themselves a "behaviourist". There are two organisations that we can recommend where you can be sure that the...

Some new owners and some new puppies will learn together but not all! That is why the rescue centres are full of adolescent dogs with behaviour problems. Delia may well feel obliged, under the glare of the cameras, to put in all the hard work necessary to re train Shiva. Many of the general...

fYes, I agree with Joanne, an Adaptil diffuser might help him. Some dogs do settle better when left to have the run of the house. Could you do a trial run where you clear the house of all valuables and let him loose? In most cases of separation anxiety the trouble starts within minutes of...

A lady in our village breeds Labradoodles. She has at least six with others visiting at various times. There is a lot of humping going on among them all. She gets them all checked over by a registered McTimmony chiropractor at least once a year.

Oh yes! Hormones will be to blame. Bitches that are in heat will also try to escape to find a mate so do be aware of this. Of course your bitch may will be content with targeting her house mate!? Humping can, sometimes, be a sign of other behaviour issues but, as she is in season, by far the...

The caravan, (it's actually a Fifth Wheel) and we previously had a motorhome, is husband's hobby so he can't complain! The courses take us to places that we would not, normally, visit and he gets the day to himself while Tigan and I are busy sniffing and eating cake :)  

 I should qualify my "worry". The puppies are not being harmed at the moment. They are all having a whale of a time. MY worry is the behaviour problems being stored up for the future. Our only hope is that the behaviourist will step in on each case and resolve the problems but not before the...

No @Peegee it did not get better! The breeder wants shooting for letting that completely unprepared woman walk away with one of her puppies. I am having sleepless night now worrying about some of those puppies. I even worry for the Pug breed because the Pug is being made to look so cute that...

I agree with the above comments. Even if it turned out to just be boisterous play at the moment, all the perceived wisdom is that it is wrong to raise two bitches of the same age and breed together. By far the best match for two dogs to co habit peaceably is that of two different breeds of...

Oh what a shame @Peegee. As we have a caravan, I have travelled to get to the workshops that suit my timetable.

I thought the same as you @arealhuman at first. There was a bit of Facebook chat about exactly that. The feedback from the programme makers was that no dog was ever asked to do anything that was beyond it. If you look at the programme dispassionately then I think you can see that this is so. All...

I haven't been yet, but my understanding is that the scent is laid on the ground and the dog must follow the trail rather than the air scenting that is the basis of Scentwork. Not sure how the dogs will transfer from one to the other but I am confident that they will explain it all. If Pam...