DOG BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS

Does your dog fall into any of the following categories?

Unruly Dogs

• Hyperactive – the batteries never run down
• Jumping up – jack-in-the-box syndrome
• Play biting/mouthing – piranha puppy
• Bouncy puppy – sweet at 10 weeks, a big problem at 10 months
• Can’t hear you – selective deafness when out on a walk
• It’s mine – possessive over food, toys, chair, particular people, everything

Destructive Dogs

• Chewing furniture or doors when you are out and your house now looks like a war zone
• Your puppy is chewing you out of house and home
• Your dog has trashed your previously pristine garden

Aggressive Dogs

• Growling or barking at other dogs and/or people when out on a walk
• Running up to other dogs at a million miles an hour and scaring the living daylights out of them
• Constantly on the lookout for potential intruders and never seems to relax
• Barking madly at anyone who is even thinking of coming near your front door
• Hostile towards visitors to your home

Fearful Dogs

• Thunderstorms, fireworks, loud noises leave your dog a gibbering wreck
• Avoids unfamiliar people like the plague
• Scared of every other dog on the planet

Miscellaneous Dog Problems

• Thieves food, clothes or anything s/he can lay their paws on
• Has never been clean overnight, even though puppyhood is a distant memory
• Urinates when greeting people – embarrassing for all concerned
• Sex machine – mounts other dogs, people, furniture, anything

There are almost as many canine behaviour problems as there are breeds of dog and these are just a few examples.

Dog behaviour problems are more common than you might think and they can be very stressful for owners because it is often difficult to know how best to tackle the problem.

You’ve watched Dog Borstal and It’s Me Or The Dog on television and it looks quite easy to transform your wayward dog into a model citizen, but when you’ve tried the techniques you realise your dog has not been paying attention to the programmes.

I can’t promise a 20 minute transformation or a full television crew, but I can help you to understand the causes of your dog’s behaviour through a thorough analysis of the problem and we can work out practical ways to improve your dog’s behaviour.

Why not contact me to see how I can help?