Food Glorious Food Fat Cat Since our British Shorthair, Minnow got his own instagram page he has started acting like a supermodel EXCEPT for watching how much he eats. Fortunately a new diet, Hills Metabolic Advanced Weight Solution came to the rescue and over a few months he slimmed down to acceptable proportions. Metabolic helps […]
Why Does My Dog Bark? Barking is normal behaviour for dogs and makes up part of the way they communicate. It is normal for a dog to bark briefly when there is a noise at their territorial boundary or a knock at the door. Yet it is not normal for them to bark for two […]
Proofing Polite Puppies I have been reading articles about Ethology or the study of animal behaviour and in particular an excellent new book called How Dogs Work by Coppinger and Feinstein. I am interested in the juvenile stage of maximal learning from 8 weeks to sexual maturity when so many behaviours, both acceptable and unacceptable, […]
Autumn Ramblings Food Lure Training for Pups First show and give your pup a small treat, then ignore them for a few seconds. When they jump up gently move your legs out of the way until they stand still next to you (even for a microsecond) then reward immediately with another small snack. Continue for […]
