I need you to get onto rescues and the mistakes THEY make. So many are horrible judges of dog’s temperaments or maybe they just want to call themselves a no kill shelter and then “save” and adopt out at any cost. I board dogs, do some behaviour consults and do some rescue myself. I am seeing […]
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Paw Licking Not Always An Allergy We have a two-year old, male golden retriever that about once every four or five months licks his paw until it is balding and slightly red. It always heals over but we are puzzled by what is causing this paw licking behaviour. He gets exercise and plenty of mental
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I have adopted a ten year old female dog. She is a good dog but is a barker and driving me nuts! She came from two households that had a limited number of people coming and going . My household is much more active! If she barked then stopped I wouldn’t mind but she is relentless
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Keeping a Cat Off the Counter – Full time We have a new cat about 7 months old. Is there anyway to keep a cat off the counter? Nothing seems to work. To no avail we’ve tried water spraying, lifting down quickly with a stern “No!” etc. It is amazing how fast he can jump
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My 22-month high strung Lab, is a tremendous challenge; she barks for her meals. If I don’t feed her when she starts to bark, she wets in her crate. Sometimes she wets, even when I do get the food there on time. She has been vet checked. She is destructive in the house that I
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Last week we adopted a 5-year-old aggressive Chihuahua who had been surrendered by its owner who could no longer look after him due to working hours. Jasper had been a parent’s dog who had passed away. He had him boarding at a shelter for a couple of weeks before we adopted him. No mention of
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