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Paw Licking Golden Retriever

April 27, 2012 Anxiety

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 [...]

Jealous Great Dane

March 15, 2012 Aggression

I have a 4 months old jealous great dane. At home he’s great but can be a little timid. I had him to puppy training to learn some simple tricks and try and socialize him. Now he has some jealousy issues when other dogs are around and is starting to growl at men who come [...]

Dog Is Scared of Thunder Maybe But Very Very Smart

March 8, 2012 Anxiety

My dog is scared of thunder. She is a 5-year-old Border CollieX that hides under the bed when the weather gets bad. I came home from work last Wednesday, and called for her. The weather had been bad, so I gave her a few seconds to get out from under the bed; I called, and [...]

Two Workshops

February 22, 2012 Aggression

2 Hour Workshop About Puppy Socialization Location: London Ontario When: Tuesday June 12 London Dog Owners Meetup Club is now offering a clinic once a month so dog owners can learn how to socialize their puppies more completely then traditional weekly puppy socialization class can provide. The content in this workshop is recommended by veterinarians, [...]

Driving Miss Crazy – Car Rides Column

January 1, 2012 Anxiety
Dogs and Car Rides

My 2 year snoodle loves to go for car rides but by the time we have gone half a block she goes nuts. She wants to be on the drivers lap, she howls and barks and carries on and is extremely distracting and embarrassing. My family lives out side the city and Maggie loves it [...]

When does the rescue stop and and the rehabilitation begin?

December 10, 2011 Anxiety

I have a problem with my little 2 year old rescue dog. He came from a crack house where he was tied up and kicked down the stairs. He was already 9 months old when I got him so I don’t think the trauma will ever leave him. At first, when I reached toward him [...]

Dog Scared of Hot Air Balloons and Is Afraid to Go For Walks

November 16, 2011 Anxiety
Bulldog Balloons

Fear of Balloons Hi John: Our dog was frightened by  hot air balloons flying very low. However, two weeks ago whilst out on a walk she came practically face-to-face with a balloon about to take off and since then I can only describe her behaviour as verging on paranoid. The situation is now rapidly deteriorating.  Over [...]

Efficacy of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer vaccine demonstrated in dogs

October 31, 2011 Anxiety

An experimental vaccine is the first veterinary cancer vaccine of its kind that shows an increase in survival time for dogs with spontaneous non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The work shows for the first time the feasibility and therapeutic efficacy of this alternative cell-based vaccine, which could be employed in the treatment of a number of different cancer types.

Border Collie Cross that Fears Thunder Storms

August 23, 2011 Anxiety
Border Collie

Hi John I have a 5-year-old Border CollieX that hides under the bed when it thunder and storms. I came home from work last Wednesday, and called for her. The weather had been bad, so I gave her a few seconds to get out from under the bed; I called, and called, but no Shelby. [...]

Dog Anxiety and Fear of Thunderstorms

June 5, 2011 Anxiety
Dog Anxiety Thunder Soundtrack

Dog Anxiety often occurs during or even before thunderstorms Thunderstorms can create low to high dog anxiety. There are a variety of different things to try to help reduce thunderstorm related fear. I have a very high quality downloadable soundtrack of thunderstorms that should be used as part of your strategy to desensitize your dog. Initially [...]

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