Before you got your dog, did you hold a family conference? And did the discussion go something like: “If we get a puppy then everyone must pull their weight and everyone must get involved in cleaning up after the puppy" This is called ‘joint responsibility and in theory it’s a great thing, but in practice

Does your dog lunge at people whilst walking on the lead? It’s a common problem. Many dogs walk nicely when no-one’s around, but when a distraction heads towards them he darts toward them almost pulling you over. One way to correct this behaviour is to teach the dog to focus on you, rather than on

You want the dog to enjoy the freedom of running off lead and yet he is deaf to recall. Why is this? Perhaps you’ve done everything right and never chastised when he eventually returns...even though this meant being late for work. Yet he remains stubbornly oblivious to your call, and worse, deliberately ignores you. How