Rosie Barclay's blog

How to decrease the likelihood of your new puppy biting when its reaches adulthood.
Rosie Barclay MPhil CCAB.
1: Research all you can about dog breeds and dog behaviour/training and decide what sort of breed type is suitable for your home environment. Take your time and be prepared to wait for the right match.
2: Buy your new puppy from a reputable registered breeder who brings up the puppies within a home environment and who doesn’t breed for profit. Puppies’ needs a home environment so they become used to everyday items such as washing machines, children and vacuum cleaners.

Against my better judgement I ended up having an online
discussion about the dangers of using treadmills to exercise your dog, on a
very well known celebrity dog trainers website. This is something I very rarely
do but in this instance I simply couldn’t help myself, as I absolutely hate

The BBC’s “The One Show” recently caused an outrage amongst the dog community when it introduced its latest dog “expert” onto the show. This flamboyant and good looking young man demonstrated to millions how to stop a female Jack Russell Terrier from showing aggressive behaviour around its food bowl by effectively putting his foot into her mouth for three hours until she gave up exhausted and obviously stressed by the whole experience.

 

Crotch sniffing

Why does my dog pull on the lead and how can I stop this? For a dog, going for walks is exciting and fun. They get to meet other dogs, chase balls and send and read all those lovely pee-mails. They also get to come back to their beloved houses beds and food bowls.

Have you ever been told that your dog’s behavioural problem behaviour is due to it trying to “dominate “you? Have you read or seen on television that your dog is behaving badly because it wants to take over as “Alpha “male?Or told that your dog is defying you to become “leader of the pack”? If the answer is yes then you have to ask yourself are you being given the correct advice. The answer to this is quite simply no you are not. Your dog is not trying to dominate your world; it never has or ever will do. There is no such job description within a group of domestic dogs as “the Dominant Dog, the Alpha Male or Leader of the Pack”. Surprised?