It really is amazing the number of times that people who have had many dogs over a number of years end up with the same problem with each and every dog. Now there are usually three reasons for this happening.So the first one is in the dim and distant past the first dog in the household had a behavioural issue, he transferred the problem to the next one who taught the one who arrived after that and so on down the line. The second reason is the result of human behaviour because if there is no continuity between the dogs then the problem is induced by the owner. It means that the owner is making the same mistake with every dog. The third  reason is a combination of one and two. The most obvious and common example of this is antisocial behaviour. These owners usually already has one or more badly behaved dogs who can’t even travel in the car and lack of social skills make them an embarrassment and in attempt to make sure that the newest addition is better behaved tries to socialise the dog but fails to realise how to achieve this aim. Socialising your dog is a fairly simple task, but it’s often approached the wrong way. Please don’t assume that taking the dog for a walk on the same road every day and going to the same venue is socialising. Socialising starts with making sure that your dog can walk properly on the lead without pulling. Then to go in as many places as possible and be exposed to traffic, people, noise, both daylight and darkness, stairs, other dogs and as many differing situations as you can find; obviously don’t try to do too much in one go but more the dog experiences lifes challenges the more social he will become, both owner and dog start to enjoy being out together and going out becomes a pleasure. We keep a pet for pleasure, if there is no pleasure, don’t get rid of the pet, get rid of the problem! R

Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character and It may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man. Arthur Schopenhauer