Treating Hyperactivity Overview In my next few posts I’ll address how to work through specific behaviour issues related to hyperactivity such as lead pulling and jumping up, but for this post I’ll just go through a few general recommendations for training when working...
What is hyperactivity? Hyperactivity simply means to be excessively active. In dogs, in can range from simply behaving with exuberance to showing constantly active, disruptive or frenzied behaviour. It is one of the most common behaviour issues I see in dogs!...
TRAINING YOUR TEENAGE DOG Yep, dogs go through puberty too! And if you have a teenage puppy in the house, you may have started to encounter some of the angsty, delinquent outward focused teenage behaviour that is typical in this period, just like with human teenagers....
HOW TO HELP A DOG WITH SEPARATION ANXIETY Separation anxiety in our dogs can be very distressing for both us and our beloved dogs so here’s a few tips on how to address separation distress – including recognising the signs. Separation distress is a phobia of...
HOW TO STOP YOUR DOG FROM BARKING A barking dog isn’t fun for anyone; you don’t want to upset the neighbours or leave your dogs distressed, or be punished by the Council – so here’s a few tips on how to help you train your dog not to bark. Why do dogs bark?Dogs bark...
SOUND PHOBIAS Understanding and Recognising This Behaviour Phobias are a class of problems that we treat very commonly. The most common are noise phobias (especially vacuums, thunder, guns and fireworks phobias), so that’s what we’re going to explore in this blog! So...
