10 ways to boo s t your dog’s confidence

Why does training slip? Why do the behaviours we thought were good become intermittent and then they fade into a distant memory? This can happen for a number of reasons – the technique we thought we h

Our resident trainer, Tony Cruse, has allowed us to be a fly on the wall of an online consultation. He is helping Phil, an owner whose Poodle X German Shepherd, Obi, is very excitable and wants to jum

Q I’m so concerned about my Labrador getting arthritis. Our previous Lab had it and spent the last couple of years of his life taking medication; I think he also experienced a lot of discomfort. Our c

Firstly, dogs rarely bite out of the blue unless it’s a medical condition like a brain tumour or thyroid imbalance. Usually after a fact-finding conversation and observations from a trained profession

Just as our lives have changed dramatically over the past 50 years, so too has the existence of our dogs, says Carolyn Menteith

JENNA strode along the bark-floored woodland walk in the town park, enjoying the blue skies overhead. Ahead of her ran Jonty, her rescue Springer spaniel, who stopped repeatedly to snuffle in the unde