A full week of consultation this week and plenty to do at the Rescue Centre. Looking forward to offering a new service for dog aggressive dogs soon and hope to start a course of socialisation walks in August. As you will see from the photo, our latest arrival Red – (see meet the family page) is doing well in her training.
Went to Plymouth to meet Alfie today, a cockapoo puppy who is proving something of a challenge for his human pack! Alfie was well on the way to ruling the roost whilst his caring responsible family wondered what on earth they had done to deserve him. The tables are now hopefully turning on Alfie, who is by the way a fabulous pup but highly intelligent and confident – always a challenge. With a lot of moral support from this end Alfie will now learn that biting the hand that feeds him is totally unacceptable and training will begin in earnest.
Saw Shaun today, a collie from the rescue centre. He went home three months ago with a lovely family who accepted his inability to mix with other dogs. we started working with him today, teaching him the social skills he never learnt as a pup. This is a particularly difficult issue to deal with but Shaun did really well – a good start.
Been off line for a few days, MAC died but now back and broke with brand new machine! Really busy week, another lovely 10 week old pup, a couple of larger breeds with guarding issues and a GSD in an altercation with the law.
Red in the bad books this week, back to training intensively for her. She had a small tantrum involving me and her teeth yesterday! Nothing too dramatic but not the way forward so she and I are back to basics on the training front, that reminds me a dog is never “trained” training is a way of life and I should know that by now!
Looking forward to the arrival of Frankie in June as my assistant. Plans to start socialisation walks for those of you who have dogs needing help in that department.
Lovely quiet weekend at home with DDB dogs, all enjoyed the sunshine sleeping on the deck. I spent it writing a paper on Aggression for my degree, so feeling very virtuous. Busy week ahead, remember its hot out there – no dogs left in cars!
Blossom has now left us for good (see rehoming page). She is having a wonderful time living with Frankie in their new home and I have my spare room back! Lots of work on website at the moment so keep an eye out for changes – any opinions gladly received!